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 F.A.Q. - How to add the bootsector to a mkisofs project?

How to add:
Using mkisofs, you have to add the following options to your command line:
-b bcdwboot.bin -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4
 
For example:
mkisofs -relaxed-filenames -d -D -J
-b bcdwboot.bin -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -o mybootcd.iso ./
 
ATTENTION! If you are adding the original Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT bootsector (NT5BOOT.BIN or NT4BOOT.BIN) you ABSOLUTELY have to add the following option, too: -N.
Otherwise you will get the error 'CDBOOT: Couldn't find NTLDR' on startup.
 
For example:
mkisofs -relaxed-filenames -d -D -N -J
-b nt5boot.bin -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -o mybootcd.iso ./
 
 
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