From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 18:18:00 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDD8E1065673 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:18:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from psteele@maxiscale.com) Received: from server505.appriver.com (server505a.appriver.com [98.129.35.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFD288FC0C for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:18:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Policy: GLOBAL - maxiscale.com X-Primary: psteele@maxiscale.com X-Note: This Email was scanned by AppRiver SecureTide X-ALLOW: psteele@maxiscale.com ALLOWED X-Virus-Scan: V- X-Note: Spam Tests Failed: X-Country-Path: UNITED STATES->UNITED STATES->UNITED STATES X-Note-Sending-IP: 98.129.23.45 X-Note-Reverse-DNS: ht03.exg5.exghost.com X-Note-WHTLIST: psteele@maxiscale.com X-Note: User Rule Hits: X-Note: Global Rule Hits: G179 G180 G181 G182 G186 G187 G198 G285 X-Note: Encrypt Rule Hits: X-Note: Mail Class: ALLOWEDSENDER X-Note: Headers Injected Received: from [98.129.23.45] (HELO HT03.exg5.exghost.com) by server505.appriver.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.2) with ESMTPS id 31662234 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:18:03 -0600 Received: from mbx03.exg5.exghost.com ([169.254.1.200]) by HT03.exg5.exghost.com ([10.242.228.75]) with mapi; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:17:59 -0600 From: Peter Steele To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:17:58 -0600 Thread-Topic: Creating a .iso bootable image Thread-Index: AcrAfgLpDg6vJ6E7RuOfZ9FIFMnijQ== Message-ID: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB3A2597D8@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Creating a .iso bootable image X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:18:01 -0000 Are there any good instructions for creating a customized bootable .iso ima= ge? I've done the work for creating a bootable USB image, but a .iso is a d= ifferent beast in that the boot media is read-only and a virtual disk has t= o be created as part of the boot process. Any pointers would be appreciated= .