Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 17:17:23 -0800 From: Jason <jhelfman@e-e.com> To: Knight Tiger <caugar@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISO image size -regarding Message-ID: <20100109011723.GE52892@eggman.experts-exchange.com> In-Reply-To: <69fec4521001081641q4aec5788n25f0bf2ecbe49d16@mail.gmail.com> References: <69fec4521001081641q4aec5788n25f0bf2ecbe49d16@mail.gmail.com>
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I am uncertain as to why the difference with the changes you had made, and the size it returned, however I would suggest following the release engineering process for creating a custom release. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/index.html In doing this process, I am sure you find it is a much cleaner process, and more close in size to what you may expect. -jgh On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 04:41:24PM -0800, Knight Tiger thus spake: >Hi, > >I am trying to create a custom ISO image of FreeBSD 6.4. The only >difference between the release ISO and this custom image is a modified >driver (amdsmb.ko). I did not create the new driver. I believe it was >backported from a later release. > >I understand that this is not a backport of the driver but a hack but >the ISO size surprises me. > >The steps I had followed (listed below) resulted in an ISO image of >around 1 GB while the original ISO image is around 600 MB. The new >image work boots fine but I am not sure why it is huge > >Steps: > >// mount the release ISO ># mdconfig -a -t vnode -f 6.4-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso -u 0 ># mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0 /mnt > ># pwd >/usr/home/scott > ># mkdir custom ># cd custom > >// copy iso files to custom ># rsync -a /mnt . > ># scp scott@remote:/boot/kernel/amdsmb.ko boot/kernel/. > >// wrap up in a ISO ># cd .. >#mkisofs -R -b boot/cdboot -no-emul-boot -o custom.iso custom > >The ISO file is created successfully but is huge. I mounted it in >VirtualBox and boots just fine. I was able to install the OS (although >I have not checked the functionality of amdsmb changes yet) > >I looked up information on creating custom ISO images but they had all >involved rebuilding the kernel while I am not sure if I need to do the >same Any leads is appreciated. > >Thanks >Scott >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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