From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Jul 17 17:47:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from gw.caamora.com.au (jonath5.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.41.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0995014EA6 for <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG>; Sat, 17 Jul 1999 17:47:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jon@gw.caamora.com.au) Received: (from jon@localhost) by gw.caamora.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA01018; Sun, 18 Jul 1999 10:46:53 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jon) Message-ID: <19990718104652.B961@caamora.com.au> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 10:46:52 +1000 From: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>, FreeBSD-alpha mailing list <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: making release & bootable cdrom? Mail-Followup-To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>, FreeBSD-alpha mailing list <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> References: <199907171736.TAA57910@yedi.iaf.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199907171736.TAA57910@yedi.iaf.nl>; from Wilko Bulte on Sat, Jul 17, 1999 at 07:36:25PM +0200 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD gw.caamora.com.au 2.2.7-RELEASE i386 X-Mood: i'm alive, if it counts Organisation: Caamora, PO Box 144, Rosebery NSW 1445 Australia Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Jul 17, 1999 at 07:36:25PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > Would a "make release" on -current result in a cdrom-image that when put on > cdrom is bootable on the alpha? > > If it is possible, is there anything special to be done when burning the > CDR? sorry, i've not got an answer, rather a question along the same lines. i've been reading a book on how to become a good system admin without resorting to shooting the users (grin) and it talks about irix having a bootable tape. i know that it is possible to make a tape that you can use to crudely install from in freebsd fr intel. a bootable tape, or cdrom (od, worm any of teh crinkly aluminiun, gold whatever sandwiches for that matter). i've asked several times over the years and always get the same answer .. crickets croaking in teh background. i've read some books (started on the 4.4BSD sermons from teh mount) about unix in general and as spicifically bsd as i could get. i plan to get tboth copies of the evi nemeth (red and yellow). some times i wonder of god had of wanted us to be programmers why didn't he give fast static ram with ecc and full parit checking .. insteady of this easily confused neuron entanglement ? sorry mine is playing up. if you get any further wilko could you keep me posted please ? warm regards jonathan -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia ===========================================================<jon@caamora.com.au> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message