Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 00:35:23 +0200 From: "Leif Neland" <leif@neland.dk> To: "Ben Smithurst" <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Making an usefull bootable cd Message-ID: <000401bfa0ce$26a33300$0e00a8c0@neland.dk> References: <019001bf9f5f$f1fa85a0$0e00a8c0@neland.dk> <20000406164406.D39831@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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From: "Ben Smithurst" <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To: "Leif Neland" <leif@neland.dk>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: Making an usefull bootable cd
> Leif Neland wrote:
>=20
> > I did mkisofs -b boot.flp -o /c/fbsd.iso /etc /dev /bin /usr/bin
> > /usr/sbin (etc, from memory), then burned the image from windows.
>=20
> Why not burn it from FreeBSD?
Because my scsi-adapter causes FreeBSD to hang.
>=20
> > I probably want to create a version of the "2. live filesystem =
cdrom"
> > as mentioned in /stand/sysinstall
> >
> > How do I make such a thing, is a recipy or an image available
> > somewhere?
>=20
> Try doing a "make release" in /usr/src/release. Note that this takes
> quite a while, and needs a LOT more disk space than a "make world"
> does. At the end you have some directory like =
/foo/bar/R/cdrom/disc{1,2}
> (amongst other things) which you can make an ISO filesystem from. =
disc2
> is probably what you want.
>=20
For some obscure reason, make release seems to want to get the source =
tree by cvs(up), instead of using the /usr/src already present.
> *thinks*
>=20
> It would probably be easier, thinking about it, to just do a normal
> buildworld, and then "make DESTDIR=3D/foo/bar installworld" and then
> create an ISO image of the whole /foo/bar tree. That way you don't =
risk
> forgetting some important bits.
>
Good idea, will try that now.
Leif
=20
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