Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool?

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

Stuart Longland wrote:
> On 18/09/15 21:57, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > I'll your points in reverse order.
> > The "repository merging" is handled by the -extract option of xorriso.
> > Thomas Schmitt, author of xorriso, has said in this thread to copy from
> > DVD using dd.
>
> Yeah, I basically was just focusing on the mechanics of getting the
> data out of the .iso image.

But you never get the desired data in the required form ;/
I'll restate my environment and goals.

ENVIRONMENT:
   I have a stack of purchased Debian distribution DVDs 
{Squeeze, Wheezy, & Jessie}.
   [Internet capable of downloading ISOs being *NON*existent]

GOALS:
   To have the ability to install multiple configurations of 
multiple versions
   of Debian on multiple widely separated machines with no 
networking capability
   [i.e. sneaker net].

METHODOLOGY:
   Copy all DVDs to ISO 9660 conforming files [dd understood to 
be correct tool].
   Copy the resulting files to USB device for convenient loop 
mounting.
   As loop mounting 13 (or more) files can be cumbersome, use 
xorriso to process
   *.iso to obtain complete repository on a single USB device.