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Repack linux ISO
Commands expect to be in a root shell
Install needed tools
mkisofs xorriso isohybrid
Editing ISO image
create workspace
mkdir /tmp/custom_iso
Mount image and extract it since it is read only
mount -t iso9660 -o loop ~/original.iso /mnt/
tar cf - /mnt/. | (cd /tmp/custom_iso; tar xfp -)
You can now modify the files for editing the bootloader config for example!
Back into an iso
Legacy only
Rebuild iso with mkisofs
mkisofs -o output.iso -b syslinux/isolinux.bin -c syslinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -J -R -V "Custom ISO" /tmp/custom_iso
Bless it with isohybrid
isohybrid output.iso
EFI and Legacy
Rebuild iso with mkisofs
mkisofs -o output.iso -b syslinux/isolinux.bin -J -R -l -c syslinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -eltorito-alt-boot -e boot/grub/efi.img -no-emul-boot -graft-points -V "Custom ISO" /tmp/custom_iso
Bless it with isohybrid
isohybrid --uefi output.iso
Sources
https://gist.github.com/AkdM/2cd3766236582ed0263920d42c359e0f https://tuxfixer.com/mount-modify-edit-repack-create-uefi-iso-including-kickstart-file/