Subj : Re: And Another Thing
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Finnigann
Date : Tue May 03 2005 03:33 am

-=> With interpidation and the MAGIC of QWK Mail Angus Mcleod wrote to Belly
=-

 AM>   Re: And Another Thing
 AM>   By: Belly to Angus Mcleod on Mon May 02 2005 15:09:00

 >  > The difficult part is figuring how to remove the "useful" files already i
 >  > the bootable ISO so I end up with a "pure" boot image that I can then
 >  > recombine with *my* idea of what's useful.
 >
 > Well, it seems that the fastest hack would be to examine the raw sectors on
 > your cdrom device, find the floppy image, and dd that out of there. I'm sure
 > that you could mount that floppy image using the loopback device and modify
 > to your liking.

 AM> Sure.  I could get out a hex-editor and start doing some
 AM> bit-surgery.  I know that.  What I'm bitching about is the fact
 AM> that it's NECESSARY to do that.  And the more I bitch about it,
 AM> the more people tell me how easy it would be to do.  Not that
 AM> anyone around here is claiming they've ever actually *done*
 AM> anything like that, or course....  But they sure do all agree how
 AM> easy it would be!

                                                               
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