From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 12 00:20:47 2005 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 1D43216A563 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:20:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail26.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail26.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB4AF43D53 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:20:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 21675 invoked from network); 12 Apr 2005 00:20:45 -0000 Received: from server.baldwin.cx ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 12 Apr 2005 00:20:44 -0000 Received: from [131.106.57.68] (p178.n-lapop01.stsn.com [12.129.240.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j3C0KXGt016395; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:20:38 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 19:33:04 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200504111034.53683.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200504111034.53683.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200504111933.05822.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx cc: Zera William Holladay Subject: Re: make for bootable ISOs 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: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:20:47 -0000 On Sunday 10 April 2005 09:04 pm, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 02:41, Zera William Holladay wrote: > > Hi, I'm attempting to make a bootable ISO for i386 architecture on > > 4.11-STABLE. I am using: > > > > %make buildworld > > %make buildkernel > > %make hierarchy DESTDIR=/... > > %make installworld DESTDIR=/... > > %make installkernel DESTDIR=/... > > > > And then modifying etc so that /dev/acd0a is the root directory. > > > > Is this the correct sequence and are these the correct targets? Since > > this is such a time consuming task, I figured that I would ask for help. > > 4.x uses el-torrito 2.88Mb floppy emulation for booting.. > make release builds an install CD and a live file system disk. > > I made a page with some tips on make release for 4.x if you're interested.. > http://www.gsoft.com.au/~doconnor/FreeBSD-release-2.html It doesn't have to though, it can use cdboot which then has access to the entire CD so that you can use a larger kernel and mfsroot. 5.x and beyond use this by default and 4.x will if you set USE_CDBOOT=yes at 'make release' I think. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org