Any way to combine 2 ISO images into 1?

coolred

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I tried finding some info on this on the net, but what little I found dealt with movies. I have downloaded 2 CD ISO's of an OS, and I want to use the ISO's in VMware as virtual drives,so I don't have to actually burn the discs, since I only need them for the install. I was wondering if it was possible to combine them into 1 ISo somehow. Or if there is a way to switch between them during the install on VMware.
 

shortylickens

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If you dont actually want to burn them to a CD, then why would you need to combine them?

Cant help with the VMware issue. Sorry.
 

Drakkon

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use a program like isobuster or winiso to extract all the files from the isos into one big directory then use same prog to create a new iso of that big directory...
 

coolred

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Originally posted by: shortylickens
If you dont actually want to burn them to a CD, then why would you need to combine them?

Cant help with the VMware issue. Sorry.

Because I can only have one ISO set as the virtual drive, and since I need both during installation, it poses a problem. I don't think I can just use the one and then change to the other midway through the install.

Thanks Drakkon, will give that a try
 

Nothinman

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I don't remember the exact motions, but I know you can swap ISOs in VMWare while it's running no problem.