MBCD - multiboot CD

version 0.4

MBCD is a program to build a customized multi-boot CD-ROM

It currently supports

        Floppy images
        Knoppix-like images (max. one per CD)
        Kernel-binaries (e.g. memtest86)
        Windows XP Recovery Console

Requirements

bash, sed, awk dialog or Xdialog mkisofs

Usage

(1) Prepare your boot image files

See the homepage for images you might want to download.

        You can also copy them from bootdisks you already have,
        using dd. See "man dd"

        If you want to use the Knoppix or WinXP RC option, just
        mount the respective CD.  If you have an ISO file and
        you don't want to burn a CD, mount the file as a
        loopback device. (See "man mount")

(2) Building the CD

        ./mbcd.sh
        (Simply run the script from inside its directory)

(3) Burn the CD

use your favorite program to burn the ISO image.

(4) Using your customized CD

should be self-explanatory.

Version history

        2004-01-11      0.1     Initial Release
        2004-01-13      0.2     Some bugfixes, clean-ups and documenting
        2004-03-03      0.3     Fixed floppy image size bug (thanks Adrian!)
        2004-07-12      0.4     Floppy image size bug was still not fixed...

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Legal Stuff:

This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). See the file COPYING for details.

The files

isolinux.bin
memdisk
were taken from SYSLINUX 2.10, which is licensed under the GNU GPL. See the file COPYING for details.

The sourcecode is available at http://syslinux.zytor.com/

The keytab-lilo perl script was taken from LILO 22.5.8

License

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
Neither the names of the author(s) nor the names of other contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

Disclaimer

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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