[clue-tech] how to make a bootable ISO from a factory recovery part?

[Jim Ockers]

Mike,

So you want to keep the factory recovery partition on a CD and then 
reformat the disk to install Linux on the whole thing?  I think those 
factory recovery partitions sometimes depend on special support from the 
BIOS.  Are you sure that your BIOS isn't integrally involved in the 
recovery procedure for your system?  My point is that maybe to "recover" 
the system, the recovery partition has to exist and be right where it is 
now; having the files on the CD wouldn't work if the BIOS is looking on 
the disk.

Sorry I'm not more help,
Jim

Mike Bean wrote:
> Hi.  I'm experimenting with nuking my drive completely and loading 
> linux across the whole thing, but I'm not really sure about proper 
> technique.  I thought I'd ask the mailing list for advice.  Currently 
> I'm experimenting with using clonezilla to image the partition and 
> mkisofs to .iso the image files.  Although, frankly, I'd appreciate 
> advice if I'm missing something obvious or if there's a better 
> technique available.
>
> Bean
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