How to make a RedHat boot cd for network install
http://linuxlab.dk/tipsntricks/netcd
Problem
On a machine with no floppy drive, how do I start a Red Hat network installation?
Solution:
Make a special CD, using the bootnet.img floppy image as the boot image.
Copy the RedHat install CDROM (cd no. 1) to your harddisk:
mkdir myinstallcd
mount /mnt/cdrom
cp -r /mnt/cdrom myinstallcd
Copy the boot image you want, to myinstallcd/dosutils/autoboot/cdboot.img . E.g if
you want the standard bootnet.img:
cp myinstallcd/images/bootnet.img myinstallcd/dosutils/autoboot/cdboot.img
Or if you have a custom boot floppy image, use that one.
Delete the file "boot.cat" since a new one will be created when you make
the iso:
rm myinstallcd/boot.cat
Make the iso image:
mkisofs -b dosutils/autoboot/cdboot.img -c boot.cat -r -o myinstallcd.iso
myinstallcd/
Burn the cd with your favorite CD writer program, e.g
cdrecord -v speed=16 dev=0,0,0 -data myinstallcd.iso
Boot from the cd, you will get the same as if you had booted from the floppy image
you put on the cd.
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http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/RedHat-CD-HOWTO/
$ mkdir /images-destination-dir
$ mkisofs -r -J -T -v -V "Red Hat 9 (Shrike) disc 1" \
-c isolinux/boot.cat -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -no-emul-boot \
-boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
-o /images-destination-dir/i386-disc1.iso .
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$ mkdir /images-destination-dir
$ mkisofs -r -J -T -v -V "Red Hat 7.3 (Valhalla) disc 1" \
-c boot.cat -b dosutils/autoboot/boot.img \
-o /images-destination-dir/i386-disc1.iso .
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