Re: Announcing a fork from mkisofs

Robert Millan <[email protected]> wrote:

> So if you'd like to create a GRUB bootable disk, you'd do something
> like:
>
>   cat boot.img core.img > tmp
>   mkisofs --embedded-boot tmp -o grub.iso -r somedir
>
> Of course, if you put together all the details (like building core.img and
> filling up /boot/grub structure), it gets a bit hairy, so grub-mkrescue utility
> is provided with GRUB:

There is no need to implement such a nonstandard thing as mkisofs allows you to 
call:

mkisofs -V "$volid" -o xxx.iso -R -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table somedir

What benefit do you see from using your proposal?

What benefit do you see from not collaborating with the cdrtools project?

Jörg

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