Re: Bootable Debian ISO

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:17:49 +0000, 
Antony Gelberg <antony@antgel.co.uk> wrote in message 
<[🔎] 20031223141749.GA6069@brain.pulsesol.com>:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've made the changes that I wanted to the CD1 ISO, new kernel and
> all. But how do I make it bootable?  I have tried:
> 
> mkisofs -b install/rescue.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -o pulsix.iso -T
> -r /tmp/iso/usbkey
> mkisofs -b
> ./dists/woody/main/disks-i386/3.0.23-2002-05-21/images-1.44/bf2.4/res
> cue.bin-c isolinux/boot.cat -o pulsix.iso -T -r /tmp/iso/usbkey
> 
> But when I boot from the CD, I get asked for a root floppy.  What is
> the correct parameter to -b to get the usual Debian CD1 install?

..tried booting your cd appending "root=/dev/ramdisk" or whatever it is
to boot into?  My guess is you missed this part of the boot command
line in your boot image.

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