Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 16:49:07 +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.4.05.9905031648150.67765-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <43btg25mt8.fsf@comnets.rwth-aachen.de>
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On 3 May 1999, Martin Ostermann wrote: > On Mon, 3 May 1999 13:52:33 +0100 (BST), Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> said: > >> 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. > > You won't need a CD writer for testing, a spare SCSI disk with about > 700MB capacity or more would be just fine. It doesn't matter to SRM > whether the image is on a CD or on a hard disk... Hmm. Sounds like a standard SRM boot when (which is easy). Just need to make sure that libstand understands iso9660 filesystems. -- 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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