From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jul 24 08:21:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA24762 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 08:21:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from att.com (cagw2.att.com [192.128.52.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA24748 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 08:21:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sbabkin@dcn.att.com) From: sbabkin@dcn.att.com Received: from caig2.att.att.com by cagw2.att.com (AT&T/UPAS) for freebsd.org!freebsd-hackers sender dcn.att.com!sbabkin (dcn.att.com!sbabkin); Fri Jul 24 11:16 EDT 1998 Received: from dcn71.dcn.att.com ([135.44.192.112]) by caig2.att.att.com (AT&T/GW-1.0) with ESMTP id LAA21846 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:20:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: by dcn71.dcn.att.com with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) id ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:20:43 -0400 Message-ID: To: craig@cse.fau.edu Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: iso images Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:20:42 -0400 X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig Yap [SMTP:craig@cse.fau.edu] > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Craig Yap [SMTP:craig@cse.fau.edu] > > > > > > Someone told me today that Debian Linux creates ISO images for > their > > > distributions. Is it possible to also have this done for FreeBSD? > > > This would > > > make it much easier for people like me who have CD-Rs at work and > a > > > poor > > > slow connection at home. > > > > > Try man mkisofs, I guess it's still there. > > > > Serge > > Yep, I use that right now but I wish they were already .iso files. > Just for convenience I guess. > I've tried to map the image created by mkisofs to /dev/vn* and mount it. It worked. Or do you mean something different ? Serge To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message