isomarkboot

8 isomarkboot

isomarkboot

Create bootable CD-ROMs for Linux/Alpha systems.

       isomarkboot
            /dev/xxx
            path/to/bootlx
            path/to/root.bin

## COPYRIGHT

isomarkboot is Copyright (C) 1996 David Mosberger-Tang

## DESCRIPTIONS

isomarkboot enables ISO images created with mkisofs(8) or retrieved from the net to be booted on Linux/Alpha systems.

First you have to prepare your ISO image and mount it loopback on `/dev/xxx` (typically `/dev/loop0`) (see mount(8) for details).

Next you need to locate the aboot-loader (called `bootlx`) and the ram disk image containing the root file system (the latter is optional but usually sensible to specify) which is often called `root.bin` within your ISO image.

Finally enable the image to be booted:

`isomarkboot `/dev/xxx path/to/bootlx path/to/root.bin``

A typical location of `bootlx` on the disk image is `boot/bootlx`. The path of `bootlx` and `root.bin` are relative to the root of the image. If your image is not mounted you have to replace `/dev/xxx` with the path to the image.

Finally you have to burn the CD using e.g. xcdroast after unmounting the image.

## BUGS

isomarkboot is currently only available on Linux/Alpha systems though it can be compiled and used with minor modifications on other platforms as well.

## NOTES

isomarkboot is capable of handling symlinks within the image.

## AUTHOR

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.

## SEE ALSO

aboot(8), mkisofs(8)