bootisolive-cd
I have an extracted copy of Ubuntu 13.04 iso (live CD), but if I burn it directly it will not boot. Is there any way to create a bootable iso so that I can burn it to a DVD or USB flash drive?
I tried ISO Master, but it first wanted an iso and allows me to add some more files. Can I use it to create iso only from extracted folders?
Creating and installing Multiple Distros in to USB / Pendrive involves two parts:-
"After googling around for few days i found this useful script from www.multicd.tuxfamily.org. Multicd.sh is a shell script written by maybeway36 which enables two or more Live Linux distros / utilities to be able to boot from single CD/DVD. It is really very simple to create multi Live Linux distro in a single disc. Create a folder in your home folder and name it as multicd. Put all the live Linux iso images along with multicd.sh script inside multicd folder. Close the window. Open terminal and give the following commands
cd multicd chmod +x multicd*.sh sudo ./multicd*.sh
Above commands will execute multicd.sh. While executing, this script will download few packages from Internet and make a new iso image called multicd.iso for you inside multicd folder. Check the size of multicd.iso image file. If it exceeds more than 700 mb then you must insert DVD to write it. Choose burn image option from your favorite image burning software to write multicd.iso file. Upon reboot, with the CD/DVD present inside CD/DVD drive, new GRUB will display list of live distros available in the disc. Choose your favorite one to login...
Note: When you download any Linux iso image from internet it will look like this "ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386" but this has to be renamed as ubuntu.iso (inside multicd folder). Presently this script supports 20 live distros. List of Live Linux distros supported in this script are given below (and the names accepted by this script are on the right side of each distro)."
There's a list of distro's on the blog page.
UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list.
Support amongst others: Ubuntu (and official derivatives) 8.04 LTS 9.10 10.04 LTS 10.10 11.04 Daily CD Images, Fedora 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, Rawhide and lots lots more.
If you look at them image you can choose distro's or download ISO's yourself and add them or add a custom. And you can set this up on a hard disc or a USB flash drive.
I hope it is enough information but there is a lot more info on this blog.
You could use xorriso. I don't remember why but I think this is not possible with mkisofs.
Try:
xorriso -as mkisofs \
-isohybrid-mbr /usr/lib/syslinux/mbr/isohdpfx.bin \
-c isolinux/boot.cat \
-b isolinux/isolinux.bin \
-no-emul-boot \
-boot-load-size 4 \
-boot-info-table \
-eltorito-alt-boot \
-e boot/grub/efi.img \
-no-emul-boot \
-isohybrid-gpt-basdat \
-o /path/to/tmp.iso \
/path/to/tmp
This will produce an hybrid MBR/EFI iso
Best Answer
To make an ISO from files on your hard drive, you can use the mkisofs command. To use it, just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:
(Using the command above, I have a folder called test in the Desktop folder, which will create the ISO in the same test folder, using only the files in the test folder).
Once created, then you can burn it to a DVD.
Note: This will not create a bootable DVD. To create a bootable DVD you need to get ISOLINUX, and you still can use mkisofs.