I don't think the mkisofs program working.
 

I've installed the mkisofs program from the self-boot toolkit on dc copyworld but when I start there is this long list that scrolls down the screen and then it closes. Anyone know how I can fix this.

Thats ms-dos, my friend. It never works directly from its own .exe so you need to open up ms-dos prompt. In the self-boot kit there should be a Tutorial folder. READ the text file inside it. Then, when you learn the mkisofs commands, open up the start menu and find MS-DOS Prompt. Then all you have to do is type (or copy and paste) the command given in the tutorial. Also to use the mkisofs exe through msdos prompt you need to find it first. Before you do anything else type something along the lines of C:\Selfboot\mkisofs.exe , only where the directory corresponds with your pc setup. This is a bit complicated but you'll get the hang of it if you try.


ex: To use the following mkisofs command: mkisofs -C x,y -V ECHELON -l -o data.iso data

Open up MS-DOS Prompt and type: C:\Selfboot\mkisofs.exe -C x,y -V ECHELON -l -o data.iso data

Once again, I heavely advice you to read the tutorial as it clearly explains all the steps you need to take.

Just be sure you don't use "-C x,y" as shown above.

If you plan to use BIN2BOOT to convert the ISO to .CDI, you can use -"-C 0,0". If you are building your own self-boot disc without Bin2boot, you'd need to use the numbers found using CDRECORD -msinfo.

I'm assuming you are wanting to use BIN2BOOT, so you'll just use "-C 0,0" .

my selfboot file is under my documents and not under drive c:\. should I re-extract it to drive c:\?

It doesnt matter. Just change the C:\ part to whatever directory you have it in.

Ive tried erasing the c:\ part but it will not allow to do so. I tried ms-dos prompt and command. maybe I'm doing something wrong. I'll go back over what you've said in the previouse messages,by the way thanks, and see if maybe I missed something.

You really need to take a crash course in DOS navigation.

You will start out with a prompt: C:\>

To change to a directory such as DOCUMENT, you would type:

cd \documents [ENTER]

Now the prompt will look like this: C:\DOCUMENT\>

Understand also that MS-DOS only recognizes 8 characters to the left of the dot (.) and three to the right (known as 8.3 format). If your directory name is longer than 8.3 format, or if it has spaces in it, Windows will translate it to an MS-DOS compatible name, such as:

"C:\My Documents\My Pictures" will translate to something similar to this:

C:\MYDOCU~1\MYPICT~1\>

The ~1 may be another number too

Now I could go on and on with this - but you need to find a DOS Tutorial and read... Anyone else have a good link to a DOS Tutorial handy?

sorry for the late reply i've been quite busy lately. anyway thanks guys and for the record I have a basic computer programming class at school and we happened to be using ms-dos.