On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 13:29 -0700, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > I have a F15 install disk. I need to make a copy (don't ask :-). > > This is how I proceeded. > > 1. Mount the DVD on /media/CDROM. > 2. cp -r /media/CDROM/* /tmp/dvd > 3. genisoimage -o /tmp/dvd.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin \ > -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 \ > -boot-info-table -input-charset iso-8859-1 -m TRANS.TBL -r /tmp/dvd > 4. Replace source DVD with a blank DVD > 5. growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=$iso_file > 6. On booting from the DVD and choosing "New install" the process skips > the disk check menu and goes directly to the language choice. > > The original DVD gives me the disk check option. I need to do that. > > Any suggestions as to what step I've missed? IIRC the checksum on the ISO distribution media is not a file but an extra sector at the end, so the 'cp -r' won't have copied it. You need to copy the *image*, not the fileset. Don't mount the source DVD and use K3b to copy it as an image. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
