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    CF-29 Mk1-Mk5

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by jimrx7, Sep 25, 2012.

  1. jimrx7

    jimrx7 Notebook Consultant

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    I have in my possession the recovery discs for the CF-29 Mk1-Mk5 and my question is basically this, is there a way to merge the three separate discs and create 1 ISO that I can burn to a DVD?. I know of a Program called N-Lite that allows for slipstreaming of software and drivers etc... but I am not sure if could do what I am asking.
     
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    ADOR Evil Mad Scientist

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    I have seen it discussed before but not on here. Bascailly what you have to do is open and edit the first image by adding the other disks to it. You also have to delete any reference of other disks so it won't be looking for Part 2 or three.

    I see you listed Mk1-5. Are you trying to combine one Mk of disks or several marks of disks? If you are trying to do several from different machines you may need a multi boot manager on a USB stick. Like the linux disks that have more than one OS on them.
     
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    jimrx7 Notebook Consultant

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    What I am trying to do is create 5 separate Dvd's Mk1-Mk5. right now it is three discs per Mk of a laptop. I guess I am going to have to google a little better on how to edit the the image to delete the reference of " insert disc 2"..
     
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    Shawn Crackpot Search Ninja and Options Whore

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    Or you could use the 3 disks to restore a drive, then make a bootable DVD image of the drive using whatever software you like.
     
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    @ AQDOR Xboot looks really interesting I will gather some more info on it thanks,

    @ Shawn what software do you recommend I look into for making that bootable DVD image?.
     
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    Well I know what to not recommend. I have tried various packages that need a separate boot disk. Not a big deal, but it is a PITA.
    I have tried older versions of Acronis. I avoid anything made my Symantec.
    I would look for open source solutions.
     
    Shawn, Sep 25, 2012
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