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diff --git a/doc/genisoimage/README.graft_dirs b/doc/genisoimage/README.graft_dirs new file mode 100644 index 0000000..da05e29 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/genisoimage/README.graft_dirs @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +This is from "Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes" <mendes@mgconecta.com.br> + +Creating multi-session CD's with dir=/ feature Micro Howto + +This mini-howto was written as guide to help me to create multi-session CD's +with the possibility of determining the location of files. I hope +that this guide helps you too. + +In order to use wodim it is first necessary to define to which scsi bus +the cd-writer is connected. In my case the setup is dev=0,3,0. It is also +interesting to have a separate directory in which all image files can +be dumped: /home/cdsource is the directory I chose for dumping the images. + +The best way to understand how to create multi-session cds is to read +README.multi. Most of what is going to be said here is based on that +README file and on the help of several wodim users. + +This Micro Howto is divided into two parts as follows: + +Example a) A dir/=/dir1/dir2 example + +Example b) A dir1/dir2/=/dir3/dir4 and dir1/dir2a=/dir5/dir6 example + + +We are now ready to start. + +Example a) An dir/=/dir1/dir2 example + +A simple example will demonstrate that we can create multi-session cds +with the dir_feature of the type dir/=/dir1/dir2 + +Objetive: Saving root directories of Redhat 6.1 and Col 2.3 on a single CD. + +Observation: Redhat installation is mounted on COL 2.3 at /mnt/redhat + +First image - RedHat 6.1 - /mnt/redhat/root + +genisoimage -D -l -r -f -m core -L -o image1.raw redhat/=/mnt/redhat/root + +This will create a redhat directory on the cd. The option -D should be +used with care. The other options used in the above command are just +to demonstrate the use of genisoimage. Please +refer to man genisoimage if you want to know more. + + +To see if the image is created as expected, we need to mount image1.raw using +the option -o loop (Linux only! for information on Solaris read README.verify) +as follows: + +mount -t iso9660 image1.raw /mnt/image -o loop + +To see the contents type: + +ls -l /mnt/image/redhat + +Does it look ok? Great! Unmount /mnt/image. Now the burning process itself: + +wodim -v -dev=0,3,0 -multi -eject image1.raw + +To check the burned image we need to mount the cd; something like + +mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdroms + +/mnt/cdroms is the device file for the cdrom I use. + + +Second image - Caldera 2.3 - /root + + +To create the second image on our cd, we need get information +about sectors related to the first track. To do that, issue the command + +wodim -v -dev=0,3,0 -msinfo + +wodim returns the following number + +0,135563 + +This number is the format XX,YY discussed on README.multi. XX would be used +for testing the images as well as burning the new track. + +genisoimage -D -l -r -f -m core -L -C 0,135563 -M /dev/scd0 -o image2.raw caldera/=/root + +Now we need to check of image2.raw is ok. The following command creates exactly what we +need. Plese note that -C option. Only the first number changes in this case. The second one +is always zero. In our case the first number is zero due to wodim -msinfo. When +more tracks are added to the cd this number will change. + +genisoimage -D -l -r -f -m core -L -C 0,0 -M /dev/scd0 -o image2_test.raw caldera/=/root + +mount -t iso9660 image2_test.raw /mnt/image -o loop + +ls -l /mnt/image shows that there are two directories: redhat and caldera, just the way +we wanted. + +Now let us burn image2.raw (not image2_test.raw) + +wodim -v -dev=0,3,0 -multi -eject image2.raw + +We can mount the CD again to see that the two directories are there. We can carry on +doing this until we decide to close the CD. If this is the case, don't use -multi when +burning the last session. + +b) A dir1/dir2/=/dir3/dir4 and dir1/dir2a=/dir5/dir6 example + +The above example seems a bit silly, one could argue. Why did I create a single directory +called root and within two sub-directories: redhat and caldera? + +Using the procedure described above we would do as follows: + +genisoimage -D -l -r -f -m core -L -o image1.raw etc/redhat/=/mnt/redhat/etc + +wodim -v -dev=0,3,0 -multi -eject image1.raw + +To check the burned image we need to mount the cd; something like + +mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdroms + +wodim -v -dev0,3,0 -msinfo + +wodim returns the following number + +0,14391 + +The second image can be created using + +genisoimage -l -r -f -m core -L -C 0,14391 -M /dev/scd0 -o image2.raw etc/caldera/=/etc + +Creating a test image2 + +genisoimage -l -r -f -m core -L -C 0,0 -M /dev/scd0 -o image2_test.raw etc/caldera/=/etc + +mount -t iso9660 image2_test.raw /mnt/image1 -o loop + +It works!! That is great!!! + +Now the burning process itself. + +wodim -v -dev=0,3,0 -multi -eject image2.raw + +and we're done !!!! + +To add more tracks just do as indicated above. + +Good luxk!!! + +Eduardo Mendes - 11/23/99 + +Source: README.graft_dirs from cdrtools package +Edited for cdrkit by Christian Fromme <kaner@strace.org> and Eduard Bloch + |