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Buring a bootable iso image

mkisofs -

mkisofs -v -l -J -r -R -o outfile.iso 

mkisofs -v -l -J -r -R  -V "VolumeID" -o outfile.iso 

use -V "VolumeID" (max 31 chars ? )
1234567890123456789012345678901
0000000001111111111222222222233
20050423 Personal Media 1
20050501 /network Doc & Exec
20050401 Brad Ries Laptop
OpenOffice Beta 1.9 CDv2

What do those mean ? 

 -l Allow full 30 char names
 -J Generate Joliet directory records
 -R Generate SUSP and RR records using the  Rock  Ridge
 -r setup ownership and modes to useful values
(-T generate TRANS.TBL for non-RR systems )
 -o output file
 -v verbose execution

 -f  "to follow symbolic links"
 -joliet-long "for longgg file names"

cat ~/a_list_of_files.text | while read a_line
do echo $a_line
ln -s $THE_DIR/$a_line $Temp_Dir

  -abstract FILE              Set Abstract filename
  -A ID, -appid ID            Set Application ID
  -biblio FILE                Set Bibliographic filename
  -copyright FILE             Set Copyright filename
  -log-file LOG_FILE          Re-direct messages to LOG_FILE
  -path-list FILE             File with list of pathnames to process
  -p PREP, -preparer PREP     Set Volume preparer
  -publisher PUB              Set Volume publisher
  -sysid ID                   Set System ID
  -V ID, -volid ID            Set Volume ID
  -volset ID                  Set Volume set ID
  -volset-size #              Set Volume set size
  -volset-seqno #             Set Volume set sequence number


mkisofs 2.01a34-unofficial-iconv (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
Usage: mkisofs [options] file...
Options:
  -nobak                      Do not include backup files
  -no-bak                     Do not include backup files
  -abstract FILE              Set Abstract filename
  -A ID, -appid ID            Set Application ID
  -biblio FILE                Set Bibliographic filename
  -cache-inodes               Cache inodes (needed to detect hard links)
  -no-cache-inodes            Do not cache inodes (if filesystem has no unique unides)
  -check-oldnames             Check all imported ISO9660 names from old session
  -check-session FILE         Check all ISO9660 names from previous session
  -copyright FILE             Set Copyright filename
  -debug                      Set debug flag
  -b FILE, -eltorito-boot FILE
                              Set El Torito boot image name
  -eltorito-alt-boot          Start specifying alternative El Torito boot parameters
  -B FILES, -sparc-boot FILES Set sparc boot image names
  -sunx86-boot FILES          Set sunx86 boot image names
  -G FILE, -generic-boot FILE Set generic boot image name
  -sparc-label label text     Set sparc boot disk label
  -sunx86-label label text    Set sunx86 boot disk label
  -c FILE, -eltorito-catalog FILE
                              Set El Torito boot catalog name
  -C PARAMS, -cdrecord-params PARAMS
                              Magic paramters from cdrecord
  -d, -omit-period            Omit trailing periods from filenames (violates ISO9660)
  -dir-mode mode              Make the mode of all directories this mode.
  -D, -disable-deep-relocation
                              Disable deep directory relocation (violates ISO9660)
  -file-mode mode             Make the mode of all plain files this mode.
  -f, -follow-links           Follow symbolic links
  -gid gid                    Make the group owner of all files this gid.
  -graft-points               Allow to use graft points for filenames
  -root DIR                   Set root directory for all new files and directories
  -old-root DIR               Set root directory in previous session that is searched for 
files
  -help                       Print option help
  -hide GLOBFILE              Hide ISO9660/RR file
  -hide-list FILE             File with list of ISO9660/RR files to hide
  -hidden GLOBFILE            Set hidden attribute on ISO9660 file
  -hidden-list FILE           File with list of ISO9660 files with hidden attribute
  -hide-joliet GLOBFILE       Hide Joliet file
  -hide-joliet-list FILE      File with list of Joliet files to hide
  -hide-joliet-trans-tbl      Hide TRANS.TBL from Joliet tree
  -hide-rr-moved              Rename RR_MOVED to .rr_moved in Rock Ridge tree
  -gui                        Switch behaviour for GUI
  -i ADD_FILES                No longer supported
  -input-charset CHARSET      Local input charset for file name conversion
  -output-charset CHARSET     Output charset for file name conversion
  -iso-level LEVEL            Set ISO9660 conformance level (1..3) or 4 for ISO9660 versio
n 2
  -J, -joliet                 Generate Joliet directory information
  -joliet-long                Allow Joliet file names to be 103 Unicode characters
  -jcharset CHARSET           Local charset for Joliet directory information
  -l, -full-iso9660-filenames Allow full 31 character filenames for ISO9660 names
  -max-iso9660-filenames      Allow 37 character filenames for ISO9660 names (violates ISO
9660)
  -allow-leading-dots         Allow ISO9660 filenames to start with '.' (violates ISO9660)
  -ldots                      Allow ISO9660 filenames to start with '.' (violates ISO9660)
  -L, -allow-leading-dots     OLD Pre-POSIX.1-2001 option - don't use -L
  -log-file LOG_FILE          Re-direct messages to LOG_FILE
  -m GLOBFILE, -exclude GLOBFILE
                              Exclude file name
  -exclude-list FILE          File with list of file names to exclude
  -pad                        Pad output to a multiple of 32k (default)
  -no-pad                     Do not pad output to a multiple of 32k
  -M FILE, -prev-session FILE Set path to previous session to merge
  -dev SCSIdev                Set path to previous session to merge
  -N, -omit-version-number    Omit version number from ISO9660 filename (violates ISO9660)
  -new-dir-mode mode          Mode used when creating new directories.
  -force-rr                   Inhibit automatic Rock Ridge detection for previous session
  -no-rr                      Inhibit reading of Rock Ridge attributes from previous sessi
on
  -no-split-symlink-components
                              Inhibit splitting symlink components
  -no-split-symlink-fields    Inhibit splitting symlink fields
  -o FILE, -output FILE       Set output file name
  -path-list FILE             File with list of pathnames to process
  -p PREP, -preparer PREP     Set Volume preparer
  -print-size                 Print estimated filesystem size and exit
  -publisher PUB              Set Volume publisher
  -P PUB, -publisher PUB      OLD Pre-POSIX.1-2001 option - don't use -P
  -quiet                      Run quietly
  -r, -rational-rock          Generate rationalized Rock Ridge directory information
  -R, -rock                   Generate Rock Ridge directory information
  -s TYPE, -sectype TYPE      Set output sector type to e.g. data/xa1/raw
  -sort FILE                  Sort file content locations according to rules in FILE
  -split-output               Split output into files of approx. 1GB size
  -stream-file-name FILE_NAME Set the stream file ISO9660 name (incl. version)
  -stream-media-size #        Set the size of your CD media in sectors
  -sysid ID                   Set System ID
  -T, -translation-table      Generate translation tables for systems that don't understan
d long filenames
  -table-name TABLE_NAME      Translation table file name
  -ucs-level LEVEL            Set Joliet UCS level (1..3)
  -udf                        Generate UDF file system
  -dvd-video                  Generate DVD-Video compliant UDF file system
  -uid uid                    Make the owner of all files this uid.
  -U, -untranslated-filenames Allow Untranslated filenames (for HPUX & AIX - violates ISO9
660). Forces -l, -d, -N, -allow-leading-dots, -relaxed-filenames, -allow-lowercase, -allow
-multidot
  -relaxed-filenames          Allow 7 bit ASCII except lower case characters (violates ISO
9660)
  -no-iso-translate           Do not translate illegal ISO characters '~', '-' and '#' (vi
olates ISO9660)
  -allow-lowercase            Allow lower case characters in addition to the current chara
cter set (violates ISO9660)
  -allow-multidot             Allow more than one dot in filenames (e.g. .tar.gz) (violate
s ISO9660)
  -use-fileversion LEVEL      Use file version # from filesystem
  -v, -verbose                Verbose
  -version                    Print the current version
  -V ID, -volid ID            Set Volume ID
  -volset ID                  Set Volume set ID
  -volset-size #              Set Volume set size
  -volset-seqno #             Set Volume set sequence number
  -x FILE, -old-exclude FILE  Exclude file name(depreciated)
  -hard-disk-boot             Boot image is a hard disk image
  -no-emul-boot               Boot image is 'no emulation' image
  -no-boot                    Boot image is not bootable
  -boot-load-seg #            Set load segment for boot image
  -boot-load-size #           Set numbers of load sectors
  -boot-info-table            Patch boot image with info table
  -XA                         Generate XA directory attruibutes
  -xa                         Generate rationalized XA directory attruibutes
  -z, -transparent-compression
                              Enable transparent compression of files
  -hfs-type TYPE              Set HFS default TYPE
  -hfs-creator CREATOR        Set HFS default CREATOR
  -g, -apple                  Add Apple ISO9660 extensions
  -h, -hfs                    Create ISO9660/HFS hybrid
  -map MAPPING_FILE           Map file extensions to HFS TYPE/CREATOR
  -H MAPPING_FILE, -map MAPPING_FILE
                              OLD Pre-POSIX.1-2001 option - don't use -H
  -magic FILE                 Magic file for HFS TYPE/CREATOR
  -probe                      Probe all files for Apple/Unix file types
  -mac-name                   Use Macintosh name for ISO9660/Joliet/RockRidge file name
  -no-mac-files               Do not look for Unix/Mac files (depreciated)
  -boot-hfs-file FILE         Set HFS boot image name
  -part                       Generate HFS partition table
  -cluster-size SIZE          Cluster size for PC Exchange Macintosh files
  -auto FILE                  Set HFS AutoStart file name
  -no-desktop                 Do not create the HFS (empty) Desktop files
  -hide-hfs GLOBFILE          Hide HFS file
  -hide-hfs-list FILE         List of HFS files to hide
  -hfs-volid HFS_VOLID        Volume name for the HFS partition
  -icon-position              Keep HFS icon position
  -root-info FILE             finderinfo for root folder
  -input-hfs-charset CHARSET  Local input charset for HFS file name conversion
  -output-hfs-charset CHARSET Output charset for HFS file name conversion
  -hfs-unlock                 Leave HFS Volume unlocked
  -hfs-bless FOLDER_NAME      Name of Folder to be blessed
  -hfs-parms PARAMETERS       Comma separated list of HFS parameters
  -prep-boot FILE             PReP boot image file -- up to 4 are allowed
  -chrp-boot                  Add CHRP boot header
  --cap                       Look for AUFS CAP Macintosh files
  --netatalk                  Look for NETATALK Macintosh files
  --double                    Look for AppleDouble Macintosh files
  --ethershare                Look for Helios EtherShare Macintosh files
  --exchange                  Look for PC Exchange Macintosh files
  --sgi                       Look for SGI Macintosh files
  --macbin                    Look for MacBinary Macintosh files
  --single                    Look for AppleSingle Macintosh files
  --ushare                    Look for IPT UShare Macintosh files
  --xinet                     Look for XINET Macintosh files
  --dave                      Look for DAVE Macintosh files
  --sfm                       Look for SFM Macintosh files
  --osx-double                Look for MacOS X AppleDouble Macintosh files
  --osx-hfs                   Look for MacOS X HFS Macintosh files
This version of mkisofs includes the unofficial iconv-patch
from http://users.utu.fi/jahhein/mkisofs/
Report errors to cdrtools@packages.debian.org (mailto:cdrtools@packages.debian.org)

Byte        Position     Field Name     Content
1           Volume Descriptor Type      1
2 to 6      Standard Identifier         CD001
41 to 72    Volume Identifier           d-characters allowed (1)
81 to 88    Volume Space Size           Number of logical blocks in the Volume
129 to 132  Logical Block Size          The size in bytes of a Logical Block. Most ISO 
 9660 discs use a Logical Block Size of 2048, the same as Sector Size
133 to 140  Path Table Size             Length in bytes of the Path Table
141 to 144  Location of Type L Path Table      Logical Block Number of first Block 
 allocated to the Type L Path Table, Type L meaning multiple byte numerical values
 are recorded with least significant byte first. This value is also recorded with 
 least significant byte first.
149 to 152  Location of Type M Path Table      Logical Block Number of first Block 
 allocated to the Type M Path Table, Type M meaning multiple byte numerical values
 are recorded with most significant byte first. This value is also recorded with
 most significant byte first.
157 to 190  Directory record for Root Directory        This is the actual directory
 record for the top of the directory structure. See the section on directory records
 for the format of this data.
319 to 446  Publisher Identifier      Identifiers who provided the actual data
 contained in the files. a-characters allowed.
447 to 574  Data Prepare Identifier   Identifiers who performed the actual creation
 of the current volume. a-characters allowed.
575 to 702  Application Identifier    Identifies the specification of how the data in
 the files are recorded. For example, this field might contain SGML if the files were
 recorded according to the Standard Generalized Markup Language.
703 to 739  Copyright File Identifier    Identifies the file in the root
 directory that contains copyright notice for this volume. If there is no copyright
 file, this field should contain all spaces.
740 to 776  Abstract File Identifier     Identifies the file in the root directory that
 contains the abstract statement for this volume. If there is no abstract file, this
 field should contain all spaces.
777 to 813  Bibliographic File Identifier       Identifies the file in the root
 directory that contains bibliographic records. If there is no bibliographic file,
 this field should contain all spaces.

d-characters are: A-Z, 0-9, _ (see ISO-9660:1988, Annex A, Table 15)
a-characters are: A-Z, 0-9, _, space, !, ", %, &, ', (, ), *, +, ,, -, ., /, :, ;, <, =, >
, ? (see ISO-9660:1988, Annex A, Table 14)