[OpenIndiana-discuss] Create a custom iso

[Peter Tribble]

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:05 PM, mario fibbi <hlocap at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> i need to customize the oi-dev-151a7-text-x86.iso with some driver. I've
> follow this guide:
> https://blogs.oracle.com/naveen/entry/how_to_change_grub_login
> The new iso image can boot, but it goes in maintenance mode before showing
> the install option menu. I obtain the same result if i try to build an iso
> starting from an untouched iso, so the issue is related to the mkisofs step.
> I use this:
> mkisofs -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -c .catalog -no-emul-boot
> -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -N -l -R -U -allow-multidot
> -no-iso-translate -cache-inodes -d -D -o ./Myindiana-1.iso -V OpenIndiana
> /tmp/iso/
> Can you help me?

You need to have a -volset flag, whose arguments are the contents of the
.volsetid file in the root of the iso. So possibly (assuming the iso image is
unpacked at /tmp/iso) you need to add

-volset `cat /tmp/iso/.volsetid`

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