Topic: Modifying e-smith-4.0-cdrom.iso

[Adik Gede]

After the second attempt and many time outs I managed to get a cd image with the proper checksum.  
My questions are about burning the image.  I am using SuSE Linux 6.4 and I normally use cdrecord from the console (Cdrecord 1.8(i686-pc-linux... ).

Usually I burn images in the following manner:
%cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,4,0  -data  cd-img.iso

Will this be adequate for e-smith-4.0-cdrom.iso or do I need to pass along any other arguements?

Secondly I would like to include the *.pdf manual and any notes I might pick up on the e-smith phorum as additions to the cd.  My second question is about modifying the image.  I have mounted the image on /cdrom with:

%mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 e-smith-4.0-cdrom.iso /cdrom

and then copied to a new directory:
%cp -a /cdrom /opt/src/e-smith-4.0a/

I will add a directory:
%mkdir  /cdrom /opt/src/e-smith-4.0a/addendum

and toss my additions in there.

1. Do I rm all the TRANS.TBL files -I am assuming I need to in any directory were the directory structure may have changed- before I create my modified image?

2. Is:
%mkisofs -r -o e-smith-4.0a-cdrom.iso /opt/src/e-smith-4.0a
going to properly make the image for me?

TIA


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[Thijs]

I'm interested making my own iso too. Could a e-smith expert maybe write a FAQ about this?

[Philip Aylesworth]

It would be nice to include an HTML version of the manual on the CD. Then you could view it on any system (everyone has a web browser, right). It could even be loaded on the e-smith server so you could access it from there if you wanted.

Even one of the PDF manuals would be good. It would only add 2 megs and we are all going to download it anyway.