Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:34:20 -0700 From: Hal Lynch <hal@cc.usu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Make a bootable NON install CDROM Message-ID: <01JXW8HRULUO91X5XP@cc.usu.edu>
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What I am trying to do:=0D My primary goal is creating a = bullet-proof nameserver.=0D One in which files in /, /etc, and /usr = cannnot be changed.=0D Hopefully this will make it very difficult to = hack/subvert.=0D Another goal is to put togather a 'surf = station'; basically=0D a kiosk with a network connection and a browser = for student=0D use. Something our students can't = hurt/break/subvert/crash=0D without a hammer.=0D=0DThis is what I = plan to do:=0D Non-volatile files are to be on CD-rom:=0D = /=0D /etc=0D /usr.=0D =0D Volatile files = will be on a hard disk:=0D swap=0D /var mounted no = execute.=0D =0DI have read the Torito specs.=0DI have installed = mkisofs.=0DI have surfed for hints on the web.=0DI have scoured the = FreeBSD sight for hints.=0DEarlier I posted to this group and received a = few=0Dresponses. Most wished me luck and asked me to write=0Da HOWTO = when I figured it out. A couple made some suggestions=0Dbut so far not = a lot of luck!?=0D=0DI have configured a RUNNING system, created an iso = image=0Dwith necessary changes to /etc/fstab and /etc/rc,=0Dand burned = several cd's. Some of them booted, but=0Dtried to put me into the = installation process. Bummer.=0DWhen I aborted the installation I was = actually running off the=0DCD so I am on the right track. I just need = to get the boot=0Dprocess so it will work without operator intervention. = What=0DI want is for the "boot from the CD process" to be functionally=0D= equivalent to the "boot from the Hard Disk process" of my=0Dconfigured = system.=0D=0DI DON'T want to make an install cd, I buy those. I want to=0D= make a bootable cd of a running/configured system.=0D=0DThe only boot = program I could find to put on the cd that=0Dwould actually allow the cd = to boot was boot.flp, which=0Dof course plunges me into the install.=0D=0D= Still searching for clues?=0D=0Dhal=0D=0DPS. Am I asking this = question of the correct group?=0D Should I be asking the hackers = group? Their charter=0D seems to imply not.= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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