[syslinux] isohybrid question

Gert Hulselmans
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:00:00 -0000

Steve McIntyre wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've been prompted to look at using isohybrid for the Debian CD images
> that I'm producing. This looks like a good plan for the i386/amd64
> images we make, so as to make them bootable from USB by default.
> However, it's likely to make things slightly more difficult in terms
> of producing the images themselves: we want to make them available via
> jigdo as well as via full download of the .iso files directly, so
> doing post-processing of the images after genisoimage is finished is
> less than ideal for us.
>
> However, as I'm one of the people with commit rights to cdrkit /
> genisoimage I could probably add support for creating isohybrid-style
> images directly inside genisoimage. Does that sound like a sensible /
> reasonable / useful thing to do?
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.
> steve at einval.com
> "It's actually quite entertaining to watch ag129 prop his foot up
on
>  the desk so he can get a better aim."          [ seen in ucam.chat ]

xorriso has implemented isohybrid already:
http://www.gnu.org/software/xorriso/xorriso_eng.html

You can also read some mails, by searching for 'xorriso' at
http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/.

Off topic:
Is Debian still not switching back to cdrtools?

- Gert Hulselmans