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...in other words, you almost never do. The ISO9660 file structure is not designed for modification, everything has a strictly defined place with no room to extend files or directories. (not the same thing as multisession.) You copy the whole file structure it somewhere else, modify that, and build a new image from it.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
dasdinit
DASDLIST(1) General Commands Manual DASDLIST(1)
NAME
dasdlist
SYNOPSIS
dasdinit [-v] [-z] [-bz2] [-0] [-lfs] [-a] [-r] [-linux] filename devtype[-model] [volser] [size]
This manual page documents the dasdinit program.
dasdlist builds an empty dasd image file
PARAMETERS
filename name of dasd image file to be created
devtype emulated device type
model emulated device model (optional)
volser volume serial number (1-6 characters) (only if '-r' option not used)
size number of cylinders (for CKD devices) or 512-byte sectors (for FBA devices) (optional if device specified)
OPTIONS
-v display version info and help
-z build compressed dasd image file using zlib
-bz2 build compressed dasd image file using bzip2
-0 build compressed dasd image file with no compression
-lfs build a large (uncompressed) dasd file (if supported)
-a build dasd image file that includes alternate cylinders (option ignored if size is manually specified)
-r build 'raw' dasd image file (no VOL1 or IPL track)
-linux null track images will look like linux dasdfmt'ed images (3390 device type only)
SEE ALSO
/usr/share/doc/hercules/html/hercload.html
AUTHOR
Hercules was created by Roger Bowler and is maintained by Jay Maynard. Jan Jaeger designed and implemented many of the advanced features of
Hercules, including dynamic reconfiguration, integrated console, interpretive execution, and z/Architecture support.
This manual page was written by Peter De Schrijver p2@debian.org for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Permission
is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GPL.
DASDLIST(1)