ever want to make ISO files or work with booting CD’s? have a i386 folder and you want to make a booting OS install cd? have 900mb of common files that you want to fit on a 650mb CD?

well Microsoft had a command line ISO mastering utility back in the day and years ago someone turned it into a GUI. if you ever do things like this this tool is not new to you. but someone asked me for it the other day so i thought i would blog this.

The big thing about this is it will crosslink files for you. if your a *nix user you know what that is. if not then simply put it copies similar files once and links them so you save space.

You can also set a boot partition on the ISO. This is handy if your making a WindowsPE cd or if your building a OS or something crazy. it will just write out the iso files so you dont need to waste CDR’s or time. It has a lot of mastering options.

This tool originally was “underground” and not for distro but a major site i use i noticed has it up so i share the wealth as well.

CDIMAGEGUI