Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 23:59:40 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems creating 4.4-alpha test/release cdrom Message-ID: <20010806235940.A2731@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20010805234524.A22659@freebie.xs4all.nl>; from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl on Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 11:45:24PM %2B0200 References: <20010805190055.A21399@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20010806071419.D506@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> <20010805234524.A22659@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 11:45:24PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 07:14:19AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> > On 2001-Aug-05 19:00:55 +0200, Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > >I seem to be having an interesting problem creating a CD that is bootable
> > >on Alpha. I built a release (too a while on the PWS600au but it got there).
> > >Then created an .iso using the /usr/share/examples/worm/makecdfs.sh
> > >Subsequently ran setcdboot to make it bootable. Ran cdrecord and wrote the
> > >whole thing on CDRW. All mkisofs, setcdboot, cdrecord, done on the PWS
> > >itself.
> > >
> > >On trying to boot I get the phenomenon listed below: ALL CAPS filenames.
> > >mkisofs is version 1.14, freshly built from ports. Mounting the CD under
> > >FreeBSD produces lower case filenames like we are used to.
> >
> > All this means is that the bootloader doesn't understand the RockRidge
> > extensions to ISO9660. The ISO9660 standard only supports monocase
> > filenames containing a single '.' and a version number (similar to
> > VMS). It should, however, understand that a request for "kernel" is
>
> I know that iso9660 is limited this way. But why-o-why did the
> makecdfs.sh work before and does not anymore?
>
> > matched by the file "KERNEL" that it reports - I suspect that there's
> > a strcmp() that should be strcasecmp() somewhere in the bootloader.
>
> In the meantime I also tried the mkisofs on an x86 machine, using the same
> input directory tree mounted via NFS. setcdboot on the alpha and a new
> cdrw gave me exactly the same results.
More research done:
can't load 'kernel.old'
no bootable kernel
/
Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
ok ls
/
d BIN
d BOOT
d CATPAGES
CDROM.INF
d COMPAT4X
d CRYPTO
d DICT
d DOC
d FLOPPIES
[etc ; this above is from my homegrown 4.4PRERELEASE CD]
ok ls
/
ABOUT.TXT;1
d BIN
d BOOT
d CATPAGES
CDROM.INF;1
d COMPAT4X
d CRYPTO
d DICT
d DOC
[ swapped CD disc ; this from a 4.3R cdrom ; known good one ]
Is this a borked loader maybe??
It is definitely not mkisofs [sorry Joerg]
Wilko
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