From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 27 15:12:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 656611065676 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:12:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.copeland@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f18.google.com (mail-qy0-f18.google.com [209.85.221.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04C478FC0A for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:12:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.copeland@gmail.com) Received: by qyk11 with SMTP id 11so1289047qyk.19 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:12:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type; bh=3wv576mPfilvjMsgSE/Fc7Bh6nMdk0/iIjEW/ywtiMI=; b=MvOhE5aTBgahyuKGgAh9XVfX/CODa5jEwvIVZS6jufsuDyi8JtpWntYoqRZ32z7UZ4 20P5QayWI0Pz54rvlh6ZeR5ralr4lH9csCrwra7YTVCnnxhRox11yoFcFnWOHaGoUC8O y4LtroaB011Uhb27+5bIZT56boyA+HL8kITNs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type; b=PV3irf4stqLEiV72UrSfngVXIfifMSlyFq+rbeo8UCrNou00BeEI7acxXi5xtgxqo7 rWBYJV1R/RGtTPo/9mFEnT2j+iZFHlziz0T+a/KD7W4oHUSYKz+q2zvyrQuTH0NFDSP3 2A9Gbv4yD+tNCTD2PcfI4znAuHHjvJlNPMB3I= Received: by 10.215.12.13 with SMTP id p13mr6892556qai.281.1227798757152; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:12:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.148? (adsl-074-245-053-043.sip.jax.bellsouth.net [74.245.53.43]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6sm2055175ywi.1.2008.11.27.07.12.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:12:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <492EB8E5.8030901@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:12:37 -0500 From: michael User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080925) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Beech Rintoul References: <492E32C5.9070204@gmail.com> <200811262120.58753.> <492EA433.7060507@gmail.com> <200811270528.03987.beech@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200811270528.03987.beech@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make release of current X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:12:38 -0000 Beech Rintoul wrote: > On Thursday 27 November 2008 04:44:19 michael wrote: > >> Beech Rintoul wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday 26 November 2008 20:40:21 michael wrote: >>> >>>> will make release work for current? i've built a nice working system >>>> that i would like to be able to install on several identical machines. >>>> >>> Yes, but read all the docs completely there are a number of options you >>> need, like telling it to use your source tree instead of CVS and if you >>> want to build packages etc. >>> >>> Beech >>> >> Thanks, I've made a release before.. a long while ago in a galaxy far >> away... I was just wondering if current would work the same. >> Also, is it possible to make an iso containing a multi release? ie: i386 >> and amd64? >> > > Technically, but you'd have to burn it to a DVD and figure out how to choose > which to boot from. There are people combining all three to a DVD, but I > haven't built a release in awhile myself and have never tried making it into a > DVD. Burning a -CURRENT release is no problem, just source it from your src > tree. It's really no different than burning a regular release. There's no > problem burning both iso's the problem will be the boot sector. > > Beech > What do you think about using a different loader on the iso, one that will allow selection of a specific architecture?