Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:01:44 -0800 (PST) From: Rick Duvall <maillist@coastsight.com> To: Kyle <freebsd@sysmach.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot Block help! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103281457530.77938-100000@ns1.coastsight.com> In-Reply-To: <20010328225526.C192736F9@sitemail.everyone.net>
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I am not trying to create an install cd, or floppy. I just want a FreeBSD bootable cd that will boot single user to a shell prompt. Once I can get that far, I will want to have a script on that that will run when it boots so that any dummy can put the CD in the drive, boot the machine, and just answer the questions asked by the script. I have been searching and asking this archive for the past 3 days about doing this, and everybody seems to think that I am talking about creating an install CD, when that is NOT what I am intending. I looked at somebodies example of using boot.flp to write boot blocks to an ISO image so that I can write the ISO to a CD and boot from it. I tried it, and it took me into the installation. This is not what i am wanting. Thanks. Sincerely, Rick Duvall On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Kyle wrote: > I dont know what exactly you are trying to do by copying flp files into CDs instead of floppies (correct me if i read this wrongly.) Anyway, I'll just share with you an experience i encountered. > > About the floppies, you got the .flp images .. then you need to use fdimage.exe(i assume you're on windows) to IMAGE it to the floppies. fdimage can be obtained from ftp.freebsd.org > > And about the CD, if you have a CD burner... then you could download the .iso file from freebsd.org's FTP server and burn it. then you could boot from it. > > > good luck > > > --- Rick Duvall <maillist@coastsight.com> > > wrote: > >Yeah, tried that. Seems nobody knows how to do it. The information I > >found was to make an ISO with mkisofs with Rockridge extensions and El > >Torito boot blocks. However, the El Torito needs a boot image (like > >boot.flp) that is exactly 1.44 megs or 2.88.megs. So, I guess I am > >confused.... How do I use mkisofs to mark a CD bootable, and not have to > >write a .flp file to it? > > > >Thanks anyway for your input.... > > > >Sincerely, > > > >Rick Duvall > > > >On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Chen Xu wrote: > > > >> Rick, > >> > >> I never make a custom boot floppy myself, I just use the first install > >> floppy to boot ( I do need to type things in). I recomend you check > >> the mailing list archive to find out the way to make boot floppy. Then > >> the only question is to put the same thing on CD and mark CD bootable. > >> > >> Chen > >> > >> * Rick Duvall <maillist@coastsight.com> [010328 17:07]: > >> > Yes, I do want to make a boot floppy, sort of. Only, I want it on a CD > >> > instead. > >> > > >> > How do I do that? > >> > > >> > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > _____________________________________________________________ > Systems at MACHSPEED!! > http://sysmach.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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