Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 09:23:22 -0600 (CST) From: John Sconiers <jrs@enteract.com> To: Adam Mackler <mackler-fb@dewline.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: creating bootable CD-ROM Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000102092248.11224A-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <200001021449.JAA10783@barter.dewline.com>
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Look up mkisofs. > I have a couple questions related to booting my FreeBSD > system from a CD-ROM: > First, is "El Torito" the only way to boot from a CD-ROM? > Is there some way to use disklabel to make the ISO9660 > filesystem bootable, so that /boot and /kernel can just > go in the CD-ROM filesystem, rather than being embedded in > the image of a floppy disk? > Second, what is the purpose of the -C boot flag? On the boot(8) > man page is says "boot from CDROM," but I can boot from > a CD (El Torito style) without it. Does it have any use, > possibly in the context of my first question? > Thanks very much in advance for any clues that anyone here has. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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