From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 5 15:19:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A7EA16A4BF for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 15:19:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-86.apple.com [17.250.248.86]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93B2B43FE3 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 15:19:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from macman20001@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id h85MJSKx008614 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 15:19:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.97.9] (66-188-223-171.roc.mn.charter.com [66.188.223.171]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/8.12.9/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id h85MJQwr018423 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 15:19:27 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: macman20001@mail.mac.com Message-Id: Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 17:20:07 -0500 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org From: MacMan20001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: Bootable CD BSD system? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 22:19:29 -0000 Hello. I'm trying to make a BSD system from a bootable CD. I don't need anything fancy, just a shell and a few basic commands. I have the structure of the CD in line. My problem is with the boot image. I've read the FAQ on bootable CDs with mkisofs, and I did what it said: use the format mkisofs -U -R -b /boot/image/here -o /cd/image/here /tree/to/copy I set the boot image to /boot/cdboo, making a guess. It said something like "boot image size not allowed." Then, I remembered the manual page where it said "boot images must be the size of a 1200, 1440, or 2800 KB floppy". Unfortunately, none of the files in /boot were that size. So, I tried a generic boot image with this command. mkisofs -U -R -G /boot/cdboot -o /home/image.iso /home/discfolder It accepted it, and made image.iso without error. I burned it onto the CD, rebooted, and it went straight for the hard disk. I double checked my BIOS. I had put CD above the hard disk before when I installed, and sure enough, it never changed. I popped the install CD in and rebooted, and it accepted that as the boot disk. Do I have the wrong idea about what a boot image is? or did I miss something? I am new at this... Any help would be nice. -- Signed, Dan Harrison