Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:50:21 +0200 (CEST) From: "Gelsema, P \(Patrick\) - FreeBSD" <freebsd@superhero.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Change one file in an ISO image Message-ID: <777245ba16ca077458cb9fca288b3c37.squirrel@webmail.superhero.nl> In-Reply-To: <d873d5be0909162028q2ce4584cq1cd8180dfac67933@mail.gmail.com> References: <d873d5be0909162028q2ce4584cq1cd8180dfac67933@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, September 17, 2009 05:28, b. f. wrote: > Patrick Gelsema wrote: >>I need to change one file in an existing ISO image. It is a DVD image >> btw. >>Unfortunately I dont have many options of changing the fie before >> creating >>the image. >> >>Mounting is not the issue, copying data neither but the ISO is also >>bootable. There must be a simpler solution as in copying all the content >>with cpio and making it bootable. OS on the DVD is WinPE btw. >> >>Does anyone have some pointers for performing this action? > > Unfortunately, libarchive(3), which is used by tar(1) and cpio(1) on > recent versions of FreeBSD, seems to have only read and extract > support for ISO 9660 archives, and not write support (see > libarchive-formats(5) or > http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/wiki/LibarchiveFormats ). So > while you could use tar(1) or cpio(1) to extract the contents of the > dvd without mounting it in order to make your change, you would have > to use some other tool to write the new .iso image, like mkisofs(8) > from the sysutils/cdrtools-devel port. (And if the original image has > extensions that are not supported by librarchive(3), you could use > something like readcd(1) from that same port instead of tar(1) or > cpio(1) to read and extract it.) > > If the linux suggestion fails I will try this one. Unfortunately I can't do Make release as it is not Freebsd. It is a Windows based boot cd. Thanks! > b. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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