Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-03 Thread Oliver Ob
Mark Thomas wrote: > > On 31 Oct 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The only pre-mastering tool I've used is mkisofs, but it insists > > that any list of files specified on the command line (or with the > > -path-list option) are destined for the root. > > Check out the -graft-points option to

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-03 Thread Norman Walsh
/ Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: | You don't need to. Create a directory tree, then hardlink (or | mount --bind) the files you want into the tree. Yep, that would do it, but James Pearson's patches to mkisofs are *exactly* what I was looking for :-) ftp://ftp.ge.ucl.ac.uk/pu

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-03 Thread Oliver Ob
Mark Thomas wrote: > > On 31 Oct 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The only pre-mastering tool I've used is mkisofs, but it insists > > that any list of files specified on the command line (or with the > > -path-list option) are destined for the root. > > Check out the -graft-points option t

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-03 Thread Norman Walsh
/ Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: | You don't need to. Create a directory tree, then hardlink (or | mount --bind) the files you want into the tree. Yep, that would do it, but James Pearson's patches to mkisofs are *exactly* what I was looking for :-) ftp://ftp.ge.ucl.ac.uk/p

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-02 Thread Alan Shutko
David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think he wants to preserve directory structure, and you can't hard-link > directories. You don't need to. Create a directory tree, then hardlink (or mount --bind) the files you want into the tree. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-02 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 09:26:41AM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > Two options I can think of offhand > * If they're all on the same disks, hardlink them I think he wants to preserve directory structure, and you can't hard-link directories. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cant

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-02 Thread Alan Shutko
David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think he wants to preserve directory structure, and you can't hard-link > directories. You don't need to. Create a directory tree, then hardlink (or mount --bind) the files you want into the tree. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-02 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 09:26:41AM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > Two options I can think of offhand > * If they're all on the same disks, hardlink them I think he wants to preserve directory structure, and you can't hard-link directories. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.can

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-02 Thread Mark Thomas
On 31 Oct 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The only pre-mastering tool I've used is mkisofs, but it insists > that any list of files specified on the command line (or with the > -path-list option) are destined for the root. Check out the -graft-points option to mkisofs. -Mark

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-02 Thread Mark Thomas
On 31 Oct 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The only pre-mastering tool I've used is mkisofs, but it insists > that any list of files specified on the command line (or with the > -path-list option) are destined for the root. Check out the -graft-points option to mkisofs. -Mark -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-01 Thread dude
have you looked at xcdroast? G On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, David Roundy wrote: >Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:44:33 -0800 >From: David Roundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Constructing CD-ROM images >Resent-From: debian-laptop@lists.debian.

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-01 Thread David Roundy
On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 12:08:53PM -0500, Norman Walsh wrote: > Apologies for this only marginally laptop-related post. (In my humble > defense, I'm trying to backup my laptop now that it's working very > nicely, so it is laptop related...for me :-) > > Does anyone know of a tool that will let me

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-01 Thread Alan Shutko
Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Making a physical copy of the tree that I want to build isn't really > an option (I've got disk space, but not necessarily that much :-). And > using a symlink farm isn't really an option because some of the files > in that list are already symlinks and I

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-01 Thread Norman Walsh
/ Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: | mkisofs -J -l -log-file cdlog -o system.iso -r / | | This would create an image of your complete directory structure | beginning at / and maintain the structure. If you place an * | after the /, you would not get the directory structure, only the | f

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-01 Thread dude
have you looked at xcdroast? G On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, David Roundy wrote: >Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:44:33 -0800 >From: David Roundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Constructing CD-ROM images >Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Wed, Oct 3

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-01 Thread David Roundy
On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 12:08:53PM -0500, Norman Walsh wrote: > Apologies for this only marginally laptop-related post. (In my humble > defense, I'm trying to backup my laptop now that it's working very > nicely, so it is laptop related...for me :-) > > Does anyone know of a tool that will let me

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-01 Thread Alan Shutko
Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Making a physical copy of the tree that I want to build isn't really > an option (I've got disk space, but not necessarily that much :-). And > using a symlink farm isn't really an option because some of the files > in that list are already symlinks and

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-11-01 Thread Norman Walsh
/ Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: | mkisofs -J -l -log-file cdlog -o system.iso -r / | | This would create an image of your complete directory structure | beginning at / and maintain the structure. If you place an * | after the /, you would not get the directory structure, only the |

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-10-31 Thread Jeff
Norman Walsh, 2001-Oct-31 12:08 -0500: > In other words, if I say: > > mkisofs [opts] /path1/file1 /path1/file2 /path2/file1 > > it creates an image with > > /file1 > /file2 > /file1-with-mangled-name > > but that's not what I want, I want: > > /path1/file1 > /path1/file2 > /path

Re: Constructing CD-ROM images

2001-10-31 Thread Jeff
Norman Walsh, 2001-Oct-31 12:08 -0500: > In other words, if I say: > > mkisofs [opts] /path1/file1 /path1/file2 /path2/file1 > > it creates an image with > > /file1 > /file2 > /file1-with-mangled-name > > but that's not what I want, I want: > > /path1/file1 > /path1/file2 > /pat