From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 10 22:08:11 2010 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 7C62B1065697 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:08:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pldrouin@pldrouin.net) Received: from smtp.cyberfingers.net (smtp.cyberfingers.net [198.177.254.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A8348FC15 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:08:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [134.117.23.34] (pldrouinlap2-pc.physics.carleton.ca [134.117.23.34]) by smtp.cyberfingers.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 706D7AB6C64; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:05:13 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4B732E49.4010504@pldrouin.net> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:08:09 -0500 From: Pierre-Luc Drouin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Manolis Kiagias References: <4B7320DA.2080606@pldrouin.net> <4B732695.5080701@otenet.gr> <4B732795.70702@pldrouin.net> <4B732C72.1050806@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <4B732C72.1050806@otenet.gr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: How to create a FreeBSD 8.0 boot CD without boot.flp? 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, 10 Feb 2010 22:08:11 -0000 What I am trying to do is basically to install FreeBSD 8.0 on a CD. I followed these instructions to install FreeBSD on a USB stick: http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2 minus the fdisk/bsdlabel/newfs part . I just set up rc.conf to configure the ethernet interface with DHCP and load sshd then I am now creating an iso image with the boot image. So at the root of the CD I will have the boot directory containing the kernel subdirectory. I figured out about the boot image error from mkisofs. I had to copy cdboot into the actual boot directory for the image and the path specified by the -b option is relative to the root directory of the CD... So should this work according to you? Thanks! Manolis Kiagias wrote: > On 10/02/2010 11:39 μ.μ., Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: > >> Great Thanks! So when I create a boot CD using the boot image, are the >> kernel files contained in /boot/kernel read at all during boot? >> >> > > How exactly are you creating your image? > The basic directories in a FreeBSD install iso are 'boot' (containing > the kernel that will be used for the CD boot) and a directory with the > name of the release e.g. 7.2-RELEASE. If you wish to include packages > they should be in a 'packages' directory on the root of the CD. If live > functionality is required (FreeBSD livefs CD) there are more > directories, essentially resembling the structure of an installed base > system. >