Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:23:02 +0100 From: Stefano Riva <sriva@alice.it> To: cjclark@home.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bootable CDs Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990315192302.00b01950@relay.alice.it> In-Reply-To: <199903151634.LAA00685@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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At 11.34 15/03/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I am trying to create a custom, bootable CD of 3.1 for installing
>on some systems that cannot be connected to the Internet. I know there
Do a "man mkisofs". There are two options ("-b" and "-c") usable when
making El Torrito bootable CDs.
>I did try to just write it. I used cdrecord on device
>'dev=/dev/rcd0.ctl' but the command failed after just a few
If I understand correctly, you're trying to put the device name after the
"dev" option. This is wrong.
If you haven't custom configured cdrecord, do a "cdrecord -scanbus" to
see if the unit is recognized. Create a link to the proper device with "ln
-s /dev/rcdX.ctl /dev/scgx" where X is the unit number, probably 0 or 1 if
you have a reader connected to the same machine. By default cdrecord uses
/dev/scgx.
To burn a CD, place "BUS,SCSI_ID,LUN" after the dev option; for example,
if your CD writer is on SCSI bus 0, ID 4, LUN 0, the option should be
"dev=0,4,0". In this case, the following is a sample command (1x writing):
cdrecord -v -fs=0 speed=1 dev=0,4,0 /myisoimage
If your CD writer isn't automatically recognized with the correct driver,
you can specify a driver with the option "driver=XXX". To get a list of
available drivers use "driver=help". Even if your writer isn't listed,
chances are that it IS supported with the driver corresponding to the
mechanic. For example I have a Traxdata 4120 which is supported by the
teac_cdr50 driver, because the mechanic is TEAC.
"man cdrecord" for details.
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Stefano Riva
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