Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:05:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Duvall <maillist@coastsight.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Custom boot cd for FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104261004390.34157-100000@ns1.coastsight.com> In-Reply-To: <15076.53182.678774.639251@guru.mired.org>
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Okay... So, I guess my next question is (after trying everything on that page), how do I make the bootable 2.88M floppy image to burn to the CD? Do I actually need to create a physical floppy disk, or can I just make an image of a disk? Sincerely, Rick Duvall On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > Rick Duvall <maillist@coastsight.com> types: > > Could somebody please document, make a FAQ, or something about making a > > custom boot cd for FreeBSD. It is documented on how to make a custom > > bootable floppy with a custom kernel, but not a cd. What if the kernel > > won't fit on a floppy? the bootable cd would be nice. Use mkisofs with > > el-torito to make an image, ftp it over to a winblows box and use the cd > > creating software, or write with cdrecord. > > The handbook now has an entry on creating CDs at <URL: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/creating-cds.html > >. It doesn't have a lot of detail on creating a bootable CD (I still > haven't done that), but the general idea is that you create an image > of a bootable floppy - except you get to use a 2.88M floppy for the > kernel - and put that in the tree for the CD. You then use the -b flag > of mkisofs to point out where the boot image is in the tree, and it > should do the rest. > > If you do this and find problems, or can provide clarifications, feel > free to let me know and I'll submit them, or do a send-pr on them > yourself. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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