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in linux how to create a bootable iso image

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if you have mkisofs/genisoimage and say your folder is named "ISOTMP"

genisoimage -r -V "ISO-LABEL" -cache-inodes -J -l \
  -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot \
  -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o NAME-OF-ISO.iso ISOTMP/

mkisofs -r -V "ISO-LABEL" -cache-inodes -J -l \
  -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot \
  -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o NAME-OF-ISO.iso ISOTMP/

if you have boot/isolinux folder do

mkisofs -r -V "ISO-LABEL" -cache-inodes -J -l \
  -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot \
  -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o NAME-OF-ISO.iso ISOTMP/

nimatrueway commented Mar 28, 2019

One step missing bro:

Make it bootable with isohybrid

sudo apt install syslinux-utils
sudo isohybrid output.iso