splatnix Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Is it possible to drop an install of, say Slackware, onto a DVD? I'm getting rather fed up with having to have 2 or more CDs for a distro and having to do disc swapping. I have a DVD-RW drive and I'm looking to condense things more so than I already have with other applications and such. Is it possible to extract a few CD .isos and recreate them into a single DVD-sized .iso without breaking the installers? I'm not familiar with how installers work for figuring out what packages they have, and I would think this would work, but has anyone tried doing so? Asking, since I only have DVD-Rs (RWs seem to be impossible to find in Hungary :rollseyes: ) and would rather not send a disc to coasterville. The distros I'm looking at condensing are Slackware 9.1 and Fedora Core 1. Thankfully SuSE does this for you ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted January 13, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 13, 2004 It should be possible, and has problably already been done before. I don't have a DVD-ROM, so I never looked into it. :( Tell you what, buy me a DVD writer, and I will burn all the images you want! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted January 13, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 13, 2004 You might want to try this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeWolf324 Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 u can set that up on MDK with Source Manager i know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splatnix Posted January 14, 2004 Author Share Posted January 14, 2004 Thanks for the info guys! I'll give the script a whirl and see if that does the trick for Fedora :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxBoy Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 Thanks for the info guys! I'll give the script a whirl and see if that does the trick for Fedora :) let me know how it goes, i'm interesting in making a Fedora DVD also.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdcase Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Suse 9 Pro comes with a DVD, but also comes with 5 CDs and 2 manuals. Worth the $79. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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