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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?

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