From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 15 4:46: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from at.dotat.com (zed.dotat.com [203.2.134.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D7DA150EF for ; Mon, 15 Mar 1999 04:45:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hart@at.dotat.com) Received: from at.dotat.com (localhost.dotat.com [127.0.0.1]) by at.dotat.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA14560; Mon, 15 Mar 1999 23:15:24 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199903151245.XAA14560@at.dotat.com> To: "Curtis Wilbar [STAFF]" Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bootable cd q In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:03:44 CDT." <199903142103.QAA17943@pike.ici.net> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 23:15:24 +1030 From: Leigh Hart Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Curtis, "Curtis Wilbar [STAFF]" 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, | | 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