From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 15 9:24:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles143.castles.com [208.214.165.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0187A14E6A for ; Mon, 15 Mar 1999 09:24:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA13208; Mon, 15 Mar 1999 09:16:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199903151716.JAA13208@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Leigh Hart Cc: "Curtis Wilbar [STAFF]" , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bootable cd q In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 15 Mar 1999 23:15:24 +1030." <199903151245.XAA14560@at.dotat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 09:16:53 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hi Curtis, > > "Curtis Wilbar [STAFF]" wrote: > > > > Can anyone point me to a website, ftpsite, etc that would detail > > how to make a freebsd bootable cd-rom ? I've found info on mkisofs > > and in general how it works, but I'm looking for freebsd specific > > info (i.e. how to make a bootable cd from the downloaded images/etc). > > > > I'd appreciate any info you could provide. > > cd /usr/share/examples/worm/ > > read it and weep (it is *not* easy). > > then go to /usr/src/release and investigate write_mfs_in_kernel.c, > you will need it. The process has changed a bit since I did it on > FreeBSD-2.2.5, so I won't go into detaills here about what I did, > it was an ugly hack, but then again, el toro (yip yip yeehaa sp!??!) > CD booting is ugly at the best of times. Uh, what? If you are building CDs from downloaded ISO images, you just splat the images onto the CD and you are done - the images are already bootable. If you want to generate your own set, the makecdfs.sh script just requires a bootable floppy image. And with the new loader, you don't have to futz with any of that MFS in kernel crap. So it's actually pretty easy. 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message