From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 24 08:04:45 2004 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7950516A4CE for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 08:04:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CE8143D3F for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 08:04:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 4.41 #0 (FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE)) id 1BzWIS-000Db4-Nx by authid <wash>; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:04:48 +0300 Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:04:48 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> To: Incoming Mail List <mailist@whoweb.com> Message-ID: <20040824080448.GG41956@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>, Incoming Mail List <mailist@whoweb.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200408232124.i7NLOETx071623@whoweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200408232124.i7NLOETx071623@whoweb.com> X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message,where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.6i (2004-02-01) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: custom boot disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 08:04:45 -0000 * Incoming Mail List <mailist@whoweb.com> [20040824 00:25]: wrote: > > Can anyone provide a pointer to a good how-to on creating a customized > bootable disk? Specifically, I'm trying to understand: > > 1) How do you create a 64mb (for example) memory file system as part > of the boot procedure? > > 2) How do you instruct init to mount the newly created memory file > system and then populate via an image containing system files? > > 3) How do you instruct init to start executing a specific shell or > "c" program once the memory file system is populated? There is a project called FreeSBIE. You can start by looking at their scripts! -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ If you eat a live frog in the morning, nothing worse will happen to either of you for the rest of the day.