Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 13:52:33 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Martin Ostermann <ost@comnets.rwth-aachen.de> Cc: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, grog@lemis.com, ks@hirvi.net, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 3.1 on a Multia box Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905031350440.67216-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <43emky5oiu.fsf@comnets.rwth-aachen.de>
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On 3 May 1999, Martin Ostermann wrote: > On Mon, 3 May 1999 09:44:04 +0100 (BST), Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> said: > > It would be really nice to have a bootable CD but I don't know exactly > > what is required for the alpha (I don't have a CD writer either..). I > > think NetBSD can do this so it shouldn't be hard to track down what is > > needed. > > I don't now about official specs, but in Linux/Alpha the 'isomarkboot' > program contained in the 'aboot' package allows it to make SRM > bootable CDs. It allows to mark any file in an existing ISO9660 image as > the program to boot. In Linux this is usually used to load the 'aboot' > loader from CD. I believe there's nothing Linux specific to it. > > Beware, the program isn't 32 bit clean, i.e. it assumes sizeof(long)=8. It sounds pretty easy to do but like I said, I don't have a CD writer. If one should unexpectedly appear on my doorstep, I could make it work I expect. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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