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Subject: Re: How to create a FreeBSD 8.0 boot CD without boot.flp?
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On 10/02/2010 11:10 μ.μ., Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to create a boot CD using FreeBSD 8.0 but I just noticed
> that there is no existing boot.flp file for 8.0. What is the
> alternative to get a boot image to create my CD image?
>
> Thanks!

You just use the boot/cdboot file from the official CD/DVD, like this
(to write to a DVD)

growisofs -Z /dev/cd0 -speed 16 -J -R -no-emul-boot -b boot/cdboot
-iso-level 3 path-to-your-files

or use mkisofs with similar options to write an iso image, i.e.

mkisofs -J -R -no-emul-boot -b boot/cdboot -iso-level 3 -o
/path/to/your.iso path-to-your-files