From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 25 05:13:04 2007 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 B557116A46E for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:13:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B7C213C4CA for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:13:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id a73so151017pye for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:13:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=QxAOzp7ZICaD2T/xaGRVqvrhgr8rKS/NhyrIzhD2iiLniQW6ofE2w8Igqnp1C0LAU5dRlmgDr/wlH1kfaZRROFu1BhvioMrer2IBZl/62YkphjPJE8ine2myxiqOcDdwNKyND9Rd8yN7ORkSOv3gGO9gEXpcNTkf6K75pKt+5Fk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=FsZjm2fLS4YJ1q0Qmw5QMian2cmvYrqaQFA0ur2UNH4gAKHnCPvRJhpWEaWpOR3ILZjxZ/Voxo9U3uxGsgRqGe8NLKMCiyELPD6fnQk8d7Nsngb86NmJnQThLuOCAAWqYHmIMkMYionjMMOrK5azeqMQUCgnqLGlPJNx2/pFjSw= Received: by 10.141.162.16 with SMTP id p16mr81953rvo.1185340383347; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:13:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.170.12 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:13:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <64c038660707242213m31d6ab7s912f85a8a4a7757f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:13:03 -0600 From: Modulok To: "Bruce Caruthers" In-Reply-To: <20070724193949.A3289@dreamfire.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070724193949.A3289@dreamfire.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootable rescue cd? 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, 25 Jul 2007 05:13:04 -0000 On 7/24/07, Bruce Caruthers wrote: > > Hi, all. > > Given my "special-case" system (DG965WH), I am > trying to make a custom boot CD based off the > original 6.2-RELEASE/amd64 install disc in case I > ever need to login to fix it (such as when I had to > do a partial reinstall when I made a typo in one of > the loader files). > > I have replaced /boot/kernel with one with Antony's > marvell patch built into it, and have added the > hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" to /boot/device.hints, so > it should all boot, which gives me a safe reinstall > option. > > But... > How do I make it simply boot to a login or command > line? I can't seem to find where it jumps to > sysinstall so I can disable that. > > Apologies if i missed something obvious. I tried > following the boot procedure through the *.4th > files, but the last time I programmed in Forth was > in one of the original MUDs (i.e. ages ago) and I > wasn't an expert in it even then. > > Thanks! > -bkc You might look into FreeSBIE (available in the ports collection under ./ports/sysutils/freesbie). To quote the package description file: "...The FreeSBIE port is a collection of scripts which help a user to create CDs/DVDs containing a complete operating system based on FreeBSD. It is used as "live-cd" and boots straight from CD...Creation of the CDs/DVDs is completely dialog based as well as building and installing of packages..." If memory serves me correctly, it supports the ability to specify a custom kernel to use and packages you wish to have installed in the ISO file it constructs from your existing installed system. It's worth looking at, even if just to see what makes it tick under the hood. -Modulok-