Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 10:51:11 -0600 From: Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bootable CDROM creation system Message-ID: <20050609165111.GB79470@ranger.acns.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: <20050609155941.GA70079@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <20050608235221.GA71575@ranger.acns.ab.ca> <86ll5kdokw.fsf@xps.des.no> <20050609155941.GA70079@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 06:59:42PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-06-09 08:35, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> wrote: > > Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca> writes: > > > My company built a tool a few years back for creating a bootable cdrom > > > based on a running host FreeBSD 3/4 system, which promptly got shelved and > > > forgotten.I recently had to update it for FreeBSD 5 and thought that > > > perhaps the community at large could make use it before it gets forgotten > > > again. > > > > # cd /usr/src > > # make buildworld buildkernel > > # mkdir /tmp/cdrom > > # make installworld installkernel DESTDIR=/tmp/cdrom > > # cd /usr/src/etc > > # make distribution DESTDIR=/tmp/cdrom > > # mkisofs -o /tmp/cdrom.iso -r -no-emul-boot -b /tmp/cdrom/boot/cdboot /tmp/cdrom > > # burncd -s max data /tmp/cdrom.iso fixate eject > > > > did I leave anything out? > > For completion's shake, before installkernel one may have to run: > > # cp /usr/src/sys/<arch>/conf/GENERIC.hints /tmp/cdrom/boot/device.hints > > and then a minor nit. The -b /tmp/cdrom/boot/cdboot option should be > relative to the CD-ROM root directory. Otherwise mkisofs complains and > aborts. > > But yeah, this is a great mini-guide for making a bootable CD :) At least my post was a catalyst for something positive, however unintended ;). -- Chad David davidc@acns.ab.ca ACNS Inc. Calgary, Alberta Canada
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