Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 21:52:25 -0500 From: Kurt Seel <kseel@utcorp.com> To: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PicoBSD on a bootable CDROM? Message-ID: <3BFF0B69.D7DCEA39@utcorp.com> References: <XFMail.011107082852.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > On 07-Nov-01 Eduardo B.Fonseca wrote: > > Great reference! > > > > I will start studying it as well :) > > Just so you know, I've just committed a new way of booting off a CD without > using a floppy image for x86. Basically, you need to grab a loader and cdboot > from -current and stick them along with the other loader bits on a CD in /boot, > and use '-b boot/cdboot -no-emul-boot' as part of your mkisofs command line. > > You can then just put the kernel and mfsroot.gz on the root directory of the CD. > Be sure to build the ISO with Rock Ridge support however so the loader can find > all of its files properly. I've never messed with -current, will it be back-ported to -stable? I'de be mighty interested in seeing how it's done, I've been having bad results with the traditional 'emulated floppy' method. Could you elaborate a bit more on the details? > > > -- > > John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ > PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc > "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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