[plug] burning 5.2

[John Summerfield]

On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, David Campbell wrote:

> Date sent:      	Sun, 15 Nov 1998 19:28:34 +0800 (WST)
> From:           	Niall Young <niall at gospel.iinet.net.au>
> To:             	plug at linux.org.au
> Subject:        	[plug] burning 5.2
> Send reply to:  	plug at linux.org.au
> 
> > What's the best way to make an iso image of RH and burn it?
> > 
> > I've tried making an iso image with:
> > 
> > mkisofs -b images/boot.img -r -o redhat-5.2 .
> > 
> > from the i386 directory and burnt it as an iso image.  It boots fine,
> > but fails to find the CD data when trying to complete the installation.
> > ALT-F3 shows:
> 
> Make sure that the installation directory has r-xr-x-rx permissions before 
> starting the burn. Do a quick "ls -lR" on the source directory to a file and go 
> through it slowly, any file that is not a document or an rpm file set to execute.
> 

find . -type d -exec chmod 555 '{}' ';'
when you're positioned at the image you're about to burn.

I'd do it as root and run a chown over everything too.

Cheers
John Summerfield
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