mkvopt - how to create CD images on IBM VIO Server

Purpose

Create a virtual optical media disk in the Virtual Media Repository

Syntax

mkvopt -name FileName {-size Size | -dev OptDevice | -file SourceFile} [-ro ]

Description

The mkvopt command creates a new virtual optical disk in the Virtual Media Repository. If the -size flag is specified, the new optical disk is initialized to all zeros of the given Size. If the -dev flag is specified, the given device, OptDevice, must be an optical device with media loaded. The contents of the loaded media within the device, will be used to create the optical media. If the -file flag is specified, SourceFile is copied into the repository. By default, the virtual optical disk is created as DVD-RAM media. If the -ro flag is specified, the disk will be create as DVD-ROM media.

When specifying Size the following conventions must be used:

Size	Minimum file size
###M/m	###MB
###G/g	###GB

Flags

-dev OptDevice	Specifies a physical optical device with media loaded.
-file SourceFile	Specifies the name of an existing file to by copied into the repository.
-name FileName	Specifies the name of the new virtual optical media file.
-ro	Create the new disk as read-only (DVD-ROM).
-size Size	Specifies how big to make the new virtual optical media.

Examples

1. To create a read-only virtual optical disk with the name pressData from existing optical media in device cd0, type the following command:

   mkvopt -name pressData -dev cd0 -ro

2. To create a new virtual optical disk with the name blankDVD with 1 Gigabyte storage capacity, type the following command:

   mkvopt -name blankDVD -size 1g