From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 17 18:09:37 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1324716A41C for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:09:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: from smtp2.versatel.nl (smtp2.versatel.nl [62.58.50.89]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72E9F43D53 for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:09:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 25446 invoked by uid 10); 17 Jun 2005 18:09:34 -0000 Received: (vexira-qq 25429-244CAC3 invoked from network) 17 Jun 2005 20:09:34 +0200 Received: from unknown (HELO [192.168.2.5]) ([62.59.173.176]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp2.versatel.nl (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for < >; 17 Jun 2005 18:09:34 -0000 Message-ID: <42B311E3.3020907@gmx.net> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 20:09:39 +0200 From: Frank Staals User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050521) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Huff References: <42B3108B.9070801@digifonica.com> In-Reply-To: <42B3108B.9070801@digifonica.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.16; VAE: 6.30.0.2; VDF: 6.30.0.11; host: postbode02.zonnet.nl) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making a custom FreeBSD iso X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:09:37 -0000 Chris Huff wrote: > > Hi: > > Im trying to get a couple of scripts of mine onto a bootable FreeBSD > 5.4 install cd. Im going about this as follows. > > Im ripping the iso image from the cd with dd > > dd if=/dev/acd0 of=file.iso bs=2048 > > Then, Im mounting the iso image > > mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /usr/iso-orig/file.iso -u 0 > > mount -t cd9660 /dev/md0 /iso > > ..and copying its contents to disk with cp -R > > > Now, all of the sudden, the /rescue dir grows from 3.5M to 455M so > after i copy my scripts to the extracted iso filesystem on my hard > disk and try to make an iso I cannot burn the ISO because its way too > big. Can anyone help me with this? > > Im trying to get some kind of autoinstall going ( above just > install.cfg with sysinstall ). > > > > Thanks > --CH > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > You might want to try 'live-cd' its the same program which is used to create the FreeBSD livecd's ( FreeSBIE ) you should check in sysutils/livecd and then just follow the 'wizzard' http://liveucd.sf.net for more info Good luck -- -Frank Staals