Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:34:20 -0700 From: Hal Lynch <hal@cc.usu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Make a bootable NON install CDROM Message-ID: <01JXW8HRULUO91X5XP@cc.usu.edu>
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What I am trying to do: My primary goal is creating a bullet-proof nameserver. One in which files in /, /etc, and /usr cannnot be changed. Hopefully this will make it very difficult to hack/subvert. Another goal is to put togather a 'surf station'; basically a kiosk with a network connection and a browser for student use. Something our students can't hurt/break/subvert/crash without a hammer. This is what I plan to do: Non-volatile files are to be on CD-rom: / /etc /usr. Volatile files will be on a hard disk: swap /var mounted no execute. I have read the Torito specs. I have installed mkisofs. I have surfed for hints on the web. I have scoured the FreeBSD sight for hints. Earlier I posted to this group and received a few responses. Most wished me luck and asked me to write a HOWTO when I figured it out. A couple made some suggestions but so far not a lot of luck!? I have configured a RUNNING system, created an iso image with necessary changes to /etc/fstab and /etc/rc, and burned several cd's. Some of them booted, but tried to put me into the installation process. Bummer. When I aborted the installation I was actually running off the CD so I am on the right track. I just need to get the boot process so it will work without operator intervention. What I want is for the "boot from the CD process" to be functionally equivalent to the "boot from the Hard Disk process" of my configured system. I DON'T want to make an install cd, I buy those. I want to make a bootable cd of a running/configured system. The only boot program I could find to put on the cd that would actually allow the cd to boot was boot.flp, which of course plunges me into the install. Still searching for clues? hal PS. Am I asking this question of the correct group? Should I be asking the hackers group? Their charter seems to imply not. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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