Re: Combining Distro DVD's

From	Nicolas George <george@nsup.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Combining Distro DVD's
Date	2024-02-12 20:40 +0100
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Steve Matzura (12024-02-12):
> I thought it'd be a nice idea to combine any and all distribution media for
> a release into a single medium--a USB drive, of course. I'd start by
> creating my USB drive by extracting the first DVD to it, thereby ensuring
> the boot block and boot material is where it should be. But then what do I
> do with the additional media? Surely there will be some files with the same
> name among the individual pieces of media, and some will probably contain
> the same info while others probably will not. What do I have to watch for
> and make sure I don't overwrite, but add to, when extracting files from the
> additional disks to bag it all up and make a single medium which contains
> everything in one place?

If the live media are compatible with GRUB's loopback mechanism, you can
follow these instructions:

https://nsup.org/~george/comp/live_iso_usb/grub_hybrid.html
https://nsup.org/~george/comp/live_iso_usb/

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George

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