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From: "Henk Wevers" <henk@wevers.org>
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Subject: RE: PicoBSD on a bootable CDROM?
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 18:52:45 +0100
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I do not have a -current system.
Could somebody please make quick-howto and put it somewhere on the
internet?
I have some webspace available with a fast internet connection.

Henk



On 07-Nov-01 Eduardo B.Fonseca wrote:
> Great reference!
> 
> I will start studying it as well :)

Just so you know, I've just committed a new way of booting off a CD
without
using a floppy image for x86.  Basically, you need to grab a loader and
cdboot
from -current and stick them along with the other loader bits on a CD in
/boot,
and use '-b boot/cdboot -no-emul-boot' as part of your mkisofs command
line.

You can then just put the kernel and mfsroot.gz on the root directory of
the CD.
Be sure to build the ISO with Rock Ridge support however so the loader
can find
all of its files properly.

-- 

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