isohybrid(1) General Commands Manual isohybrid(1)

isohybrid — Post-process an ISO 9660 image for booting as a hard disk.

isohybrid [OPTIONS] <boot.iso>

The isohybrid utility modifies an ISO 9660 image generated with mkisofs, genisoimage, or compatible utilities, to be bootable as a CD-ROM or as a hard disk.


Number of geometry heads (default 64)

Number of geometry sectors (default 32)
Specify parititon entry number (1-4)

Specify partition offset (default 0)

Specify partition type (default 0x17)

Specify MBR ID (default random)
Build EFI bootable image
Add Apple File Protocol partition table support
Assume we are laoded as disk ID 0
Assume disk ID 0 if the Ctrl key is pressed
Allow booting from within a partition
-?, --help
Display help
Display verbose output
Display version information

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17 Jan 2014 isohybrid