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Is there any way to convert a .img file which I believe is a floppy image to a .iso
which is obviously a cd image. It is a bootable image ...
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Convert a .img to a .iso
Is there any way to convert a .img file which I believe is a floppy image to a .iso
which is obviously a cd image. It is a bootable image if that makes a difference.If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate! (Zapp Brannigan)
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can't you simply extract the .img file with certain software and then turn all the files to an ISO image ? (I dunno the programs used for this, but I'm sure there are some)
I don't think being bootable changes anything, an ISO image can be bootable just as well as an IMG...
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There sure is! I haven't done this manually in 3-4 years but this tutorial looks like what you need.
Making a bootable CD from a bootable floppy image
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The boot binaries and catalog need to be in a fixed location, specifically the first 512 bytes if I remember correctly. That is the reason for shipping distros as .iso files rather than a tarball of the installation for example.
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Thanks bigtomrodney. That looks great and I'll be giving it a thorough going over tonight.
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Whoah! Scary fast reply. I salute your enthusiasm for getting this fixed Originally Posted by elija 
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Pure co-incidence! I was shutting the browser down and hit F5 on the off chance Originally Posted by bigtomrodney Whoah! Scary fast reply. I salute your enthusiasm for getting this fixed
I am eager to sort this out as it will mean I can make some serious progress with
my project to break my eeepc!If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate! (Zapp Brannigan)
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