Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 01:11:30 +0100 (CET) From: Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@xs4all.nl> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: creating a bootable iso for raid BIOS flash Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201080106230.3034@yokozuna.lan> In-Reply-To: <20120108000709.d46ae36d.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201061650080.2966@yokozuna.lan> <20120108000709.d46ae36d.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sun, 8 Jan 2012, the wise Polytropon wrote: > If this is depending on the name "[BOOT]", there are > two ways to deal with special characters in file names, > if you need to specify them on the command line: > > a) use escape sequences: > -b \[BOOT\]/Bootable_HardDisk.img > > b) use quoting: > -b "[BOOT]/Bootable_HardDisk.img" I used escape sequences and that works. The "no match" error is gone. > Also read "man mkisofs" about the boot-related > options, especially -b, where > > If the boot image is not an image of a floppy, you need to add > one of the options: -hard-disk-boot or -no-emul-boot. If the > system should not boot off the emulated disk, use -no-boot. > > is mentioned. Maybe consider using -G instead of -b? I tried the -G option and removed the -hard-disk-boot option and now it created an iso without errors. The size is still 9MB though. I looked inside the original iso and the one generated by me but I really can't see any differences. -- The future is a race between education and catastrophe. -- H. G. Wells
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