From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 8 00:12:08 2012 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 B16ED106566C for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 00:12:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mbeis@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 463588FC15 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 00:12:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from yokozuna.lan (a83-160-85-125.adsl.xs4all.nl [83.160.85.125]) by smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q080BUuW015438 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 8 Jan 2012 01:11:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mbeis@xs4all.nl) Received: from yokozuna.lan (yokozuna.lan [IPv6:::1]) by yokozuna.lan (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q080BUXF011365; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 01:11:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mbeis@xs4all.nl) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 01:11:30 +0100 (CET) From: Marco Beishuizen Sender: marco@yokozuna.lan To: Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20120108000709.d46ae36d.freebsd@edvax.de> Message-ID: References: <20120108000709.d46ae36d.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: creating a bootable iso for raid BIOS flash X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Marco Beishuizen List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:12:08 -0000 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