From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 28 8:38:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from droid.nosc.mil (droid.nosc.mil [128.49.4.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B694137B43C for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 08:38:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from slartibartfast.nosc.mil (slartibartfast.nosc.mil [198.253.21.36]) by droid.nosc.mil (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e8SFcCG09610 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 08:38:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20000928111443.00adb100@localhost> X-Sender: huck@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 11:38:13 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Craig Huckabee Subject: Custom FreeBSD boot CD ? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi all, How can I make a bootable CD of FreeBSD that runs a live system - I think the live CD of the CD distribution is/was bootable right ? I don't want to make an install CD - I'd like to make something with a custom kernel that boots directly into XFree86 (with a generic VGA setup), and runs an application I have written. I'm mainly concerned with the file layout, any special considerations I need to make in my kernel, and any rc.* files that will need to be tweaked (since the filesystem will be read-only, except for a memory disk for swap and tmp - I can do that right ?), and any sage advice others may wish to pass along. I've searched the mailing list archives and haven't been able to find an answer (could be my choice of search terms) - if this is a FAQ or someone has a pointer to a page of instructions I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Craig Craig Huckabee huck@spawar.navy.mil Systems Engineer, Compliance Corporation (843) 218 6459 SPAWAR Systems Center - Charleston, Charleston, SC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message