Combine ISOs?

[poncherelli2]

I'm downloading Vista Business from MSDN academic alliance and it is only available in the form of 5 cds right now. Is it possible to somehow combine these ISOs into one image to burn on a single DVD? Thanks.

 

[Saint Nick]

go to bt and download the RTM 6000 iso, then use the key you got from MSDNAA and install it.

that is exactly what i did.

 

[KLin]

Good question.

http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=34&flcache=8172465&entercat=y

 

[poncherelli2]

This isn't specifically an operating systems question, its a more general "is there a way to combine multiple ISOs" question.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Id like to know this as well, A long while back, I had to buy UT2K4 as 6 CDs. Quite aggravating to install. I would also like to know if there is a way to combine the 6 CDs into one or two DVDs.

 

[Evadman]

MagicISO.

 

[Motek]

Originally posted by: poncherelli2
This isn't specifically an operating systems question, its a more general "is there a way to combine multiple ISOs" question.

I think it always depends on what exactly it is you are combining..
There is no general way to combine ISOs even if they are in the same criteria.
Like if combing game ISOs depends on which game..

That said I don't even know if it's possible 😛

 

[d33pt]

rip them out into iso's, burn to dvd, then mount each with daemontools

 

[Motek]

Originally posted by: d33pt
rip them out into iso's, burn to dvd, then mount each with daemontools

But he wants to combine them into one..not have seperate ISOs thats the whole point of this thread!
Otherwise I don't think he would have required our help.

 

[poncherelli2]

Originally posted by: d33pt
rip them out into iso's, burn to dvd, then mount each with daemontools

My concern with this method is that during the install process I won't have access to any virtual drives

 

[Motek]

Originally posted by: poncherelli2

Originally posted by: d33pt
rip them out into iso's, burn to dvd, then mount each with daemontools

My concern with this method is that during the install process I won't have access to any virtual drives

Yes obviously not for an OS installation...

 

[Ig]

You can try vLite. Basically nLite for Vista. So it might be able to make a bootable DVD out of your files. And you can trim the fat if you want.

http://www.vlite.net/changelog.html

v0.8 beta

* new: Merge SWM parts into a WIM (convert Vista CDs into a DVD)

 

[poncherelli2]

Originally posted by: Ig
You can try vLite. Basically nLite for Vista. So it might be able to make a bootable DVD out of your files. And you can trim the fat if you want.

http://www.vlite.net/changelog.html

v0.8 beta

* new: Merge SWM parts into a WIM (convert Vista CDs into a DVD)

This sounds exactly like what I'm looking for, thanks.

 

[poncherelli2]

Even better, they just put a DVD iso up on MSDNAA

 

[d33pt]

Originally posted by: Motek

Originally posted by: poncherelli2

Originally posted by: d33pt
rip them out into iso's, burn to dvd, then mount each with daemontools

My concern with this method is that during the install process I won't have access to any virtual drives

Yes obviously not for an OS installation...

you're right, this is more for the UT2K4 guy with 6 cds.

 

[neutralizer]

Check again. The DVD iso is on MSDNAA.