On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Valeri Galtsev <galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu> wrote: > > On Wed, November 5, 2014 9:08 am, James B. Byrne wrote: > > I would like to create a bootable DVD containing Win7 from an official > > Microsoft ISO that I have on a CentOS-6.5 box. Is this even possible? > If > > so > > then how is it done using CentOS? > It's possible. 1) dd can do the job as others have pointed out. Clone to image or image to physical disc. 2) Use whatever other CD/DVD burning software you choose (CLI or GUI tool). Suggestions at [0] ... begin reading at section 4.7 for burning tools on CentOS [1] [0] http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/CD_burning_howto.html [1] http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/CD_burning_howto.html#AEN126 > > > > If I must create a Win7 repair disk on a Windows machine then this will > be > > possible, but somewhat logistically challenging. I would much rather just > > get > > it done with the tools I have to hand. > > > If I remember correctly, Windows does give an option to create an ISO instead of burning the restore disk to a physical disc. > > You can not and ideally you should not use anything but M$ tools for that. > This is written in M$ End User License Agreement. However, Microsoft gives > you a tool to create boot disk and system image, you can use those to > achieve your goal. While it may be in the Microsoft agreement, would they really be able to tell you used dd to clone the disc to an ISO? It's a trivial problem and one that won't come to light unless a person is illegally distributing install discs and what not. Furthermore it doesn't matter in the whole scope of things so I'll stop here being off-topic. -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //