Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 23:15:24 +1030 From: Leigh Hart <hart@at.dotat.com> To: "Curtis Wilbar [STAFF]" <curtis@ici.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bootable cd q Message-ID: <199903151245.XAA14560@at.dotat.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:03:44 CDT." <199903142103.QAA17943@pike.ici.net>
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Hi Curtis, "Curtis Wilbar [STAFF]" <curtis@ici.net> wrote: > > Can anyone point me to a website, ftpsite, etc that would detail > how to make a freebsd bootable cd-rom ? I've found info on mkisofs > and in general how it works, but I'm looking for freebsd specific > info (i.e. how to make a bootable cd from the downloaded images/etc). > > I'd appreciate any info you could provide. cd /usr/share/examples/worm/ read it and weep (it is *not* easy). then go to /usr/src/release and investigate write_mfs_in_kernel.c, you will need it. The process has changed a bit since I did it on FreeBSD-2.2.5, so I won't go into detaills here about what I did, it was an ugly hack, but then again, el toro (yip yip yeehaa sp!??!) CD booting is ugly at the best of times. Cheers Leigh -- | "By the time they had diminished | Leigh Hart, <hart@dotat.com> | | from 50 to 8, the other dwarves | Dotat Communications Pty Ltd | | began to suspect 'Hungry' ..." | GPO Box 487 Adelaide SA 5001 | | -- Gary Larson, "The Far Side" | http://www.dotat.com/hart/ | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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