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Posted: April 20 2004,22:25 QUOTE

Although it has proved to be a favorite with many, and certainly a success in its capacity, it still seems to be lacking an easy and user-friendly means of being upgraded. Also, burning 50 MB of DSL live CD on a 700 MB CD can prove to be a waste!

What about modifying each boot image to reflect the name of the current version, example: DSL-0.6.3.iso. And this in turn when burnt, creates a folder of a similar name with all relevant files. Then modify the mkfloppy.bat file to prompt the user for the desired version to create a resulting floppy boot image from. And a similar script which detects all images and prompts for the one to boot with (Like Microsoft Windows boot up menus). :cool:

In this way, upgrading is a simple "1-2-3" task.

Any suggestions on how to create these scripts? I'd appreciate it.
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Posted: April 27 2004,16:09 QUOTE

I like that idea - having multiple versions on a single CD is smart - I've got DSL burnt onto some PocketCD's (they're only about 181 MB each), but it's still kind of a waste, especially since once you burn the ISO image, you can't burn anythin' else onto the CD - that is, I've never found out how.  Because I'd also be interested in burning more on these pocketCD's, like either some music, or some relevant backup files (like Firefox or my programming module stuff).

So, any suggestions ?


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Posted: April 27 2004,18:45 QUOTE

Haven't tried any multisession cdr's that are bootable..
I rewrite to cdr sessions all the time, but haven't played
with adding sessions to a bootable cdr.

and Nero 6 will allow you to burn to your "coasters", using
only the free space left as a new cdr.

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Posted: April 30 2004,05:39 QUOTE

There's an interesting thing....  Should go and get Nero 6 offa Kazaa...

And can you burn an ISO into that dead "coaster"'s free space, and have it work ?


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Posted: April 30 2004,16:05 QUOTE

Quote (PhrozenFear @ April 27 2004,12:09)
I like that idea - having multiple versions on a single CD is smart - I've got DSL burnt onto some PocketCD's (they're only about 181 MB each), but it's still kind of a waste, especially since once you burn the ISO image, you can't burn anythin' else onto the CD - that is, I've never found out how.  Because I'd also be interested in burning more on these pocketCD's, like either some music, or some relevant backup files (like Firefox or my programming module stuff).

So, any suggestions ?

Here's a suggestion...
use cdrecord with the -multi option (i.e., multi-session) and mkisofs with the -C and -M options (for multi-session support). The process goes something like:
o First burn the downloaded DSL iso with "cdrecord dev=x,x,x speed=n -multi damnsmall-0.6.3.iso". (x,x,x is the correct device as returned by "cdrecord -scanbus".)
o create an iso of the additional files you want on the cd using mkisofs, say with something like "mkisofs -J -r  -C y,z -M x,x,x -o out.iso <files>". The trick is to have the cd in the burner and run "cdrecord dev=x,x,x -msinfo" to get the values for y,z. You can even get fancy and put the cdrecord -msinfo command in back-ticks and have it run right in the mkisofs co usemmanin d.
o use cdrecord to add the session (i.e., out.iso) to the cd. Use -multi option again if you want even more sessions later.

Another tip: use mkisofs option -graft-points to "relocate" files and directories in the iso

good luck,
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