On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 04:16, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 03:37:39AM +0200, Chadley Wilson wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 00:27, Charles Curley wrote: > > > > > > > > As far as I know the CD-ROM file system is read only. The work around > > > is: read the files into a suitable directory ("cp -rp /mnt/winiso/* > > > /new/directory/somewhere/" [ -rp to copy recursively and preserve > > > permissions]), edit at will. Then create a new ISO image from the > > > contents of that directory. > > > > > > You may find the following a useful guide if you can read my shell > > > script hacking: http://www.charlescurley.com/buildiso.html. You will > > > want to replace the boot disk image with a suitable Mess-DOS boot > > > image. Once you've done that, xcdroast is your friend. > > > > > Ok lets me try this senario, > > I have a copy of the existing cd. I created an image on the hdd, I > > mounted the iso to a tmp folder and have extracted all the files to a > > tmp dir. is there a way to extract the bootable img from the iso and > > reuse it to recreate the cd with the now updated files in the tmp > > folder? > > That I do not know. There is some information on the ISO 9660 format > at the mkisofs home page. > > Anyone else? I just had a brainstorm and took a chance, It worked WOW! Ok! heres how you extract the bootable img file. go back to where you mounted the iso [in my case in /mnt/tmp/] look for the boot.bin file or similar it will be a 1.4mb file, and use it as your floppy emulation in what ever software you use to make a bootable cd. I use k3b in gnome and love it to bits. the trick here is to edit your boot image in the project menu. Cool, Thanks for responding. Maddy