Ghandi
06-28-2004, 02:55 PM
First off I have to thank MeesterExx who authored http://www.userlocal.com/articles/slackware-iso-howto.html.
I pretty much followed his directions and did some impromptu for using Suse instead of Slackware.
Also I did this in Windows XP and MeesterExx did it in Windows 2000.
On your hard drive make sure you have at least 8 gigabytes of space on your hard drive. That is the 9.1 directory minus /suse/src/ directory, which is the source code I'm assuming, the soon to be created ISO, and cdrtools. I saw somewhere while searching on how to create a bootable iso for DVD someone did something and they kept the source code out so I assumed it ok.
1) Create a folder in C:\ and call it suse. In c:\suse\ create two more directories called 'suse91' and 'suse91iso'.
2) Download the 9.1 folder minus '/suse/src/' from one of the ftp mirrors listed at http://www.suse.com/us/private/download/ftp/int_mirrors.html to 'c:\suse\suse91'
3) Download CDRTools. Do a search in Google for it. I used v2.0.something for win32. Extract it to 'C:\suse\'
4) Copy the following command into notepad or something and save it as iso.cmd in 'c:\suse\'. make sure it is all on the same line or else it won't work.
command:
mkisofs -output suse91iso/suse91.iso -rock -joliet -volid "Suse Install" -hide-rr-moved -verbose -omit-period -omit-version-number -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 32 -boot-info-table -b boot/loader/isolinux.bin -A "Suse Linux Install DVD" suse91
7) Now that you have done all that you should be good to go. Open up the command prompt and navigate to the directory c:\suse\ or whatever folder it is that you will be working from.
8) Run 'iso.cmd' and you should see the status of the iso being created.
9) Once that is finished all you have to do is burn the ISO to the DVD. I used Elaborate Bytes CloneDVD2 but any software that will record iso's to dvd should due fine. In case you didn't know you need a dvd burner which for an 8x is about $100. Plus blank dvd disks which I recommend you buy online because they end up being less than $1 a disk whereas if you bought in store your looking at $2+ per disk. Crazy.
I pretty much followed his directions and did some impromptu for using Suse instead of Slackware.
Also I did this in Windows XP and MeesterExx did it in Windows 2000.
On your hard drive make sure you have at least 8 gigabytes of space on your hard drive. That is the 9.1 directory minus /suse/src/ directory, which is the source code I'm assuming, the soon to be created ISO, and cdrtools. I saw somewhere while searching on how to create a bootable iso for DVD someone did something and they kept the source code out so I assumed it ok.
1) Create a folder in C:\ and call it suse. In c:\suse\ create two more directories called 'suse91' and 'suse91iso'.
2) Download the 9.1 folder minus '/suse/src/' from one of the ftp mirrors listed at http://www.suse.com/us/private/download/ftp/int_mirrors.html to 'c:\suse\suse91'
3) Download CDRTools. Do a search in Google for it. I used v2.0.something for win32. Extract it to 'C:\suse\'
4) Copy the following command into notepad or something and save it as iso.cmd in 'c:\suse\'. make sure it is all on the same line or else it won't work.
command:
mkisofs -output suse91iso/suse91.iso -rock -joliet -volid "Suse Install" -hide-rr-moved -verbose -omit-period -omit-version-number -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 32 -boot-info-table -b boot/loader/isolinux.bin -A "Suse Linux Install DVD" suse91
7) Now that you have done all that you should be good to go. Open up the command prompt and navigate to the directory c:\suse\ or whatever folder it is that you will be working from.
8) Run 'iso.cmd' and you should see the status of the iso being created.
9) Once that is finished all you have to do is burn the ISO to the DVD. I used Elaborate Bytes CloneDVD2 but any software that will record iso's to dvd should due fine. In case you didn't know you need a dvd burner which for an 8x is about $100. Plus blank dvd disks which I recommend you buy online because they end up being less than $1 a disk whereas if you bought in store your looking at $2+ per disk. Crazy.