On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 09:00:34PM +0000, Ryan Braun [ADS] wrote:
> Hey guys,  love that squeeze can be cat'd direct to the usb device for usb 
> installs.  I've remastered a squeeze kde install image,  it burns and 
> installs 
> fine from dvd (theres more then just squeeze on it),  but when I try to cat 
> it 
> to the usb drive,  it won't boot like a stock squeeze iso.
> 
> So my question,  is there some kind of magic that needs to be done to the iso 
> in order to be able cat squeeze.iso > /dev/sdb?
> 
> FWIW here is my mkisofs command used to generate the image.
> 
> mkisofs -o $ISONAME -r \
>               -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat \
>               -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 \
>               -boot-info-table $MASTER

mkisofs isn't enough.

I believe xirroso is involved.  See http://blog.einval.com/2011/01/07
for example.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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