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Date:      Sun, 2 Jan 2000 09:23:22 -0600 (CST)
From:      John Sconiers <jrs@enteract.com>
To:        Adam Mackler <mackler-fb@dewline.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: creating bootable CD-ROM
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000102092248.11224A-100000@shell-3.enteract.com>
In-Reply-To: <200001021449.JAA10783@barter.dewline.com>

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Look up mkisofs.

> I have a couple questions related to booting my FreeBSD
> system from a CD-ROM:
> First, is "El Torito" the only way to boot from a CD-ROM? 
> Is there some way to use disklabel to make the ISO9660
> filesystem bootable, so that /boot and /kernel can just
> go in the CD-ROM filesystem, rather than being embedded in
> the image of a floppy disk?
> Second, what is the purpose of the -C boot flag?  On the boot(8)
> man page is says "boot from CDROM," but I can boot from
> a CD (El Torito style) without it.  Does it have any use,
> possibly in the context of my first question?
> Thanks very much in advance for any clues that anyone here has.



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