Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:56:20 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making a FreeBSD DVD Message-ID: <200311251056.20173.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20031124150646.GA80718@ussenterprise.ufp.org> References: <20031124022837.GA54284@ussenterprise.ufp.org> <200311241500.12216.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20031124150646.GA80718@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
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On Tuesday 25 November 2003 01:36, Leo Bicknell wrote: > In a message written on Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 03:00:12PM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > make release will make an directory suitable to put on a CD or DVD. It's > > just that if you use a DVD you can fit a lot more packages/distfiles on > > the disk (which make release doesn't do for you anyway). > > Well, what I'm really interested in is the install + live file > system on a single DVD, which is how the DVD's at FreeBSD mall are > advertised (I've never bought one, myself). So, I can build an > install CD, I (think I) can build a live file system CD. How do > you get them both on a DVD, and give the user a boot choice? Good question.. I suggest you buy one from FreeBSDMall and look at how they do it :) (Although be careful not to violate their copyright) Maybe even ask them how they did it. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 9A8C 569F 685A D928 5140 AE4B 319B 41F4 5D17 FDD5
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