mkisofs cannot find eltorito file?

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CD1212
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mkisofs cannot find eltorito file?

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I've been following some of the tutorials / articles on this site but I cannot make an eltorito boot image with mkisofs or genisoimage (http://wiki.osdev.org/Bootable_El-Torit ... RUB_Legacy), whenever I try it returns 'Uh, oh I can't find the boot image'.

It must be something I'm doing wrong because I get the same message on Windows and Linux, I cant find any problem with the file permissions either.

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Re: mkisofs cannot find eltorito file?

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The file *does* exist at C:\isoimage\boot\grub\stage2_eltorito, doesn't it?
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Re: mkisofs cannot find eltorito file?

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Yeah, its there in Windows Explorer and I can access it with other command prompt commands (cp)
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Re: mkisofs cannot find eltorito file?

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Just checking :)

The problem is that you've given it "isoimage/boot/grub/stage2_eltorito". The wiki article you linked to actually just has "boot/grub/stage2_eltorito" - mkisofs will take the parameter to -b as a descendant of the ISO image directory (in your case, isoimage).
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Re: mkisofs cannot find eltorito file?

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Ahh yes, that fixed it! :)

Thanks so much for your help pcmattman
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