On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 18:52 +0000, Paul Smith wrote: > On 11/3/05, Bob Chiodini <rchiodin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > True, k3b does produce an iso DVD, however not bootable... Can one use > > > k3b to make it bootable when copied into a DVD disk? > > > > "Easy" probably not. Supposedly mkisofs can create DVD iso images, but > > I've never tried it. Take a look at the man pages for mkisofs and > > mkbootdisk. There is an explanation on making bootable CDs (man > > mkisofs), but it's rather complicated (at least to me). > > > > I did not see a k3b option, but not all of the options are displayed > > running it under gnome. > > > > Sorry not much help. > > Thanks, Bob. The method proposed (in this thread) by Paul Howarth, > which uses mkisofs, does not produce a bootable iso too. That's true, but at that point in the thread there had been no mention of the "bootable" requirement. The way to make a bootable CD or DVD will depend on what exactly it is that you want to boot into. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
