Copy a bootable CD?

[Ethan Merritt]

On Monday 24 June 2002 10:34, you wrote:
> I've got a bootable CD (http://biatchux.dmzs.com/) that I'm trying to
> duplicate.  I can rip an image of the CD (using dd or mkisofs) but
> when I burn it to another disk (using cdrecord) it is no longer
> bootable.

mkisofs is not the right tool for this. It takes a colloection of files 
and makes a disk image. But you already have a disk image.

dd should work, but I don't know the proper parameters to call it. 
I think the easiest way is simply to use the "duplicate disk" option of
cdrecord. 

> Does anyone know how to copy the boot files from the original CD so I
> can put those onto the duplicate?  I'm looking online, but if it's
> possible not many people are talking about it.

I don't believe that there are any extra 'boot files' involved; just 
the ISO image itself. Think about it.  You can download your favorite 
distro as an ISO image; you burn that ISO image onto a CD and it boots 
fine. No extra files are involved.

caveat:  I haven't actually tried this :-)

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