Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 17:20:07 -0500 From: MacMan20001 <macman20001@mac.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Bootable CD BSD system? Message-ID: <p05111b00bb7eb964aa13@[192.168.96.3]>
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Hello. I'm trying to make a BSD system from a bootable CD. I don't need anything fancy, just a shell and a few basic commands. I have the structure of the CD in line. My problem is with the boot image. I've read the FAQ on bootable CDs with mkisofs, and I did what it said: use the format mkisofs -U -R -b /boot/image/here -o /cd/image/here /tree/to/copy I set the boot image to /boot/cdboo, making a guess. It said something like "boot image size not allowed." Then, I remembered the manual page where it said "boot images must be the size of a 1200, 1440, or 2800 KB floppy". Unfortunately, none of the files in /boot were that size. So, I tried a generic boot image with this command. mkisofs -U -R -G /boot/cdboot -o /home/image.iso /home/discfolder It accepted it, and made image.iso without error. I burned it onto the CD, rebooted, and it went straight for the hard disk. I double checked my BIOS. I had put CD above the hard disk before when I installed, and sure enough, it never changed. I popped the install CD in and rebooted, and it accepted that as the boot disk. Do I have the wrong idea about what a boot image is? or did I miss something? I am new at this... Any help would be nice. -- Signed, Dan Harrison
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