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Date:      Thu, 7 Oct 1999 17:12:29 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Pascal Hofstee <daeron@shadowmere.student.utwente.nl>
To:        Michel TALON <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Bootable cdrom
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910071711060.555-100000@shadowmere.student.utwente.nl>
In-Reply-To: <199910071506.RAA78790@niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr>

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On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Michel TALON wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> i would like to make a bootable cdrom with freebsd 3.3, but am stuck
> with the following problem. Normally on does mkisofs -b floppies/boot.flp
> but now there are two floppies (boot and root) so how can one proceed?
> Perhaps make a custom kernel with room for mfs and stuff the root
> filesystem in it like in PicoBSD, or is there a more straightforward
> solution?

For normal floppy-disks one uses two images.  kern.flp  and mfsroot.flp
For devices that have a capacioty of 2.88MB and up there is boot.flp which
combines kern.flp and mfsroot.flp into one .. suitable for CDROMs,
ZIP-disks etc...

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  Pascal Hofstee - daeron@shadowmere.student.utwente.nl

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