How to build a .ISO file from the contents of an AIX V5.3 directory

The following command will create a file in Rock Ridge (ISO9660) format:

/usr/sbin/mkcd -I /tmp/iso -r /tmp/input -S

where:

• /tmp/input is the directory whose contents are to be placed in the ISO image file and
• /tmp/iso is the directory in which the ISO image file is to be written.

The ISO image file will be named something like cd_image_19214 in the /tmp/iso directory. Seems prudent to rename the ISO image file to something with a .ISO suffix (eg, bestprac.iso) immediately after it is built.

Notes:

1. An ISO image can be mounted on AIX V5.3 to confirm that the image is good.
   
   
2. According to the /usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/README.oem_cdwriters file, the following command will burn an ISO image to CD-R or CD-RW media:

   /usr/sbin/burn_cd /dev/cd0 /tmp/bestprac.iso
   

   where:

   • /tmp/cd0 is the device on which the ISO image is to be burned and
   • /tmp/bestprac.iso is the ISO image to be burned.
     
     
3. The mkisofs package (available for download from the AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications web page) probably offers an alternative to the mkcd command.

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