Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:19:46 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> To: Nikolaos.Nikou@lmf.ericsson.se, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Making a Release (was Re: problem with ISO images) Message-ID: <20000420.14194600@bartequi.ottodomain.org> References: <00042014051000.00278@pc58> <38FEDD81.BE25842A@lmf.ericsson.se>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 4/20/00, 11:35:45 AM, Nikolaos Nikou=20 <Nikolaos.Nikou@lmf.ericsson.se> wrote regarding problem with ISO images: > I have tried to make a CD with the ISO images. > I have used several different sites and tried with both 3.4 and 4.0 > I boot from the disks but when the installation starts I always have problem with some directories and especially with the bin directory which makes the installation impossible. > Is it possible that the mages are corrupted or is it possible that there is something wrong with my CDROM drive; > any comments! > nn Dear Nikolas Nikou, if you wish to make a CD containing a FreeBSD Release, you have to (wait for it) "make release" in /usr/src/release. First and foremost, you should download the sources (**cvs** tree: look at the examples in /usr/share/examples/cvsup). Next, carefully read the /usr/src/release/Makefile, set the appropriate variables and, in particular, CVSROOT. Caveat I Your OS version should NOT be older than your target OS version: e.g., you should NOT make a 4.0-STABLE from a 3.4-STABLE. Caveat II You should NOT use parallelism (ie No -j option.) Caveat III You **must** download the crypto (cvs) sources if you want to make a 4.0-something: please have a look at the above-mentioned cvsup examples. The crypto collections are an essential constituent of FreeBSD 4.0-R and 4.0-S. Also, you might want to have a look at the archives. "make release" not only makes a -RELEASE, but also a -STABLE or -CURRENT. Once you are finished (and it is a *long* process), you can create an image of /where/you/put/your_release/R/cdrom/disc1, specifying "floppies/boot.flp" via the -b (bootable) option in mkisofs; you might also want to specify other options for mkisofs (e.g., -R, -T.) Finally, you can burn the image (e.g. via cdrecord.) I have recently installed (yet) another FreeBSD 4.0-S slice from my own CD; I had put in .../R/cdrom/disc1 a lot of tarballs (no packages) before creating my ISO image. Needless to say, everything worked like charm. HTH, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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