Isohybrid questions?

linus72 · 05-12-2019, 05:56 PM

I tried out isohybrid on a iso I made today and when running the command I get this

Code:

bash-4.3# isohybrid SlackerR-051219-x86_64.iso
isohybrid: Warning: more than 1024 cylinders: 1464
isohybrid: Not all BIOSes will be able to boot this device

The DVD is 1,464 mb so can you not make a isohybrid with anything over 1024mb or is there a workaround or option I'm not using?
Thanks

hydrurga · 05-12-2019, 07:14 PM

That's only a warning. Worth trying it anyway.

linus72 · 05-12-2019, 07:18 PM

Yes it worked but I did

Code:

dd if=SlackerR-051219-x86_64.iso bs=2048 of=/dev/sdc

And it boots faster than a system off hdd or usb/dvd damn
Cant use persistence with it but oh well, it can still be installed to usb without dd'ing it
Just want to see if it worked!

jefro · 05-13-2019, 03:14 PM

Indeed worth trying. That is how most of us learn.

linus72 · 05-13-2019, 03:22 PM

Yes it works, quite well, very fast booting, no persistence but thats ok for a rescue usb anyway...I can figure out external persistence using another usb or hdd.

It worked whether using bs=1024 or bs=2048 IDK?

I made all the iso's now at my slacker-live sourceforge site as isohybrid

jefro · 05-13-2019, 06:42 PM

I think pendrivelinux web site has ways to make and add in casper file.