Bootable ISO image for RedHat v5.2

[AK47]

Hi everybody.
I think this one is a common question, but i need a precise answer:
how to create a bootable CD image of a RedHat v5.2 installation directory?

This is the directory tree, exactly as downloaded from ftp://ftp.redhat.com

/doc
/dosutils
/gnome
/images
/misc
/RedHat
COPYING
README
RPM-PGP-KEY

The command I've used to create the iso image is this one:

mkisofs -b images/boot.img -c images/boot.catalog -o
/tmp/cdrom.iso -T -V "RedHat 5.2" -v -r .

Then I get /tmp/cdrom.iso and burn it (using "Easy CD Creator pro on the
machine we have the
cd burner mounted on).

The CD boots, but the installation process hangs after I specify I'm
installing from "Local CDROM".

Where is the error?

TIA

Gabriele Carioli (bi...@sslmit.uniZbo.Zit - remove all the anti-Zpam "Z")

[David Sugar]

>
>The command I've used to create the iso image is this one:
>
> mkisofs -b images/boot.img -c images/boot.catalog -o
>/tmp/cdrom.iso -T -V "RedHat 5.2" -v -r .
>
>Then I get /tmp/cdrom.iso and burn it (using "Easy CD Creator pro on the
>machine we have the
>cd burner mounted on).
>
>The CD boots, but the installation process hangs after I specify I'm
>installing from "Local CDROM".
>
>Where is the error?

This one bit me too on the first cut of the cd. The '-r' option from
mkisofs on 5.1 seems broken! It entirely removes 'execute' permission from
executable files. Use '-R' instead, and it will be fine. If you examine
the CD you made, you will find under .../RedHat/instimage/usr/bin that there
are no execute permissions. Hence, when it tries to load the second stage
install, it can't...and just freezes.

I also tend to use '-a', '-l', and '-L' when I make RedHat CD's. Over the
weekend I built a brand new 5.2 CD with KDE and other things added,
recreated the RedHat/base/comps to my liking, and now finally have a CD that
builds and offers the configurations and preloads the applications I use!