Windows Server 2012 - genisoimage bootable

[mimocloud]

Hello everybody,

i'm programming a Iso builder in Python wich is able to also edit the unattended installation of windows server 2012 but thats not the point i want to talk about now...

i want to make the iso image bootable again because all the files from the source image wich was bootable are unpacked to a folder.

i dont want to explain why i've but all files in a single folder but it is inalienable soo please don't ask me about that okay ....

So back to my problem.

in the source iso file is a folder called boot which contains the following:

en-us (folder)

fonts (folder)

resources (folder)

bcd (file)

boot.sdi (file)

bootfix.bin (file)

bootsect.exe (file)

eftsboot.com (file)

memtest.exe (file)

on linux i just need the the isolinux.bin file and the boot.cat file.

wich files from the windows disc i need to make or to build a bootable iso of Windows Server 2012 x64???

this is a snipped what my python code looks like for LINUX:

build=("genisoimage -r -V" +" "+ '"mimoCloud-Linux"' +" "+ "-cache-inodes -J -l -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o" +" "+ isobuild +".iso" +" "+ final_path)

works great...

So if you guys can help me i would be so happy

[jaclaz]

i dont want to explain why i've but all files in a single folder but it is inalienable soo please don't ask me about that okay ....

That's OK, as long as you won't ask WHY a few windows files NEED to be on ROOT of the optical device.

Also, by starting by stating how your approach is "inalienable" you are effectively preventing people to provide you with working, tested alternatives, since you sound like a Linuxish guy, you might particularly appreciate Eric S. Raymond's take on similar matters:

http://catb.org./~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#goal

further expanded here:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/put-down-the-chocolate-covered-banana.html

So back to my problem.

....

on linux i just need the the isolinux.bin file and the boot.cat file.

wich files from the windows disc i need to make or to build a bootable iso of Windows Server 2012 x64???

It won't simply work.

There might be a workaround by using grub4dos and mapping a "boot floppy" image, but very likely it will fail nonetheless at actual install time.

BUT there is a perfectly working and tested approach by using an unmodified Windows install .iso (still mapped with grub4dos), which is what I could provide some info/links about, IF your initial approach is somehow not really "inalienable" and we can talk about it (and other ones).

So if you guys can help me i would be so happy

Yep , but we may need to ask you questions....

jaclaz