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- .TH "ISOMARKBOOT" "8" "17 Januar 2003" "isomarkboot" ""
- .SH NAME
- isomarkboot \- Create bootable CD-ROMs for Linux/Alpha systems.
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .sp
- \fBisomarkboot\fR \fB/dev/xxx\fR \fBpath/to/bootlx\fR [ \fBpath/to/root.bin\fR ]
- .SH "COPYRIGHT"
- .PP
- \fBisomarkboot\fR is Copyright (C) 1996 David Mosberger-Tang
- .SH "DESCRIPTIONS"
- .PP
- \fBisomarkboot\fR
- enables ISO images created with \fBmkisofs\fR(8) or
- retrieved from the net
- to be booted on Linux/Alpha systems.
- .PP
- First you have to prepare your ISO image and mount it loopback on
- \fI/dev/xxx\fR (typically \fI/dev/loop0\fR)
- (see \fBmount\fR(8) for details).
- .PP
- Next you need to locate the aboot-loader (called \fIbootlx\fR)
- and the ram disk image containing the root file system (the latter is optional
- but usually sensible to specify) which is often called
- \fIroot.bin\fR within your ISO image.
- .PP
- Finally enable the image to be booted:
- .PP
- \fBisomarkboot \fI/dev/xxx path/to/bootlx path/to/root.bin\fB\fR
- .PP
- A typical location of \fIbootlx\fR on the disk image is
- \fIboot/bootlx\fR. The path of \fIbootlx\fR
- and \fIroot.bin\fR are relative to the root of the image. If
- your image is not mounted you have to replace \fI/dev/xxx\fR
- with the path to the image.
- .PP
- Finally you have to burn the CD using e.g.
- \fBxcdroast\fR after unmounting the image.
- .SH "BUGS"
- .PP
- \fBisomarkboot\fR is currently only available on
- Linux/Alpha systems though it can be compiled and used with minor
- modifications on other platforms as well.
- .SH "NOTES"
- .PP
- \fBisomarkboot\fR is capable of handling symlinks
- within the image.
- .SH "AUTHOR"
- .PP
- This man page was written by Helge Kreutzmann <kreutzm@itp.uni-hannover.de> for the Debian GNU/Linux project but may be used by others.
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- .PP
- \fBaboot\fR(8), \fBmkisofs\fR(8)
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