Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 08:23:00 -0800 (PST) From: Joss Roots <osiris2002@yahoo.com> To: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Info request - How to make your own CDs Message-ID: <19991223162300.12321.qmail@web121.yahoomail.com>
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Hi all monitoring this kind of REPEATED over and over question. I always believe that there's a 100 ways to kill a rat. The method mentioned in the Konrad Heuer's answer may be the cleanest way, but it has somewhat a drawback of needing a very long time to download and some tweeking of the fetch command namely "fetch -r -R" options to avoid redownloading from zero bytes sould the connection drop, and is kinda unsuitable for most of the low-medium bandwidth users, and definitely not for modem users (big population). Mr. Cole Mark's original question was how to "create" rather than "download" the ISO image, and that's the kind of independence that most of us, users, would like to maintain. for such people, here's how you do it: 1. from the ports download and install cvsup package, this will help you get the needed pieces that will be used later for creating the ISO image. 2. setup cvsup as follows: step 1: mkdir /usr/cvsup step 2: create a file /usr/cvsup/all.sup that contains : *default host=cvsup.internat.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_3 *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress src-all src-crypto src-eBones src-secure ports-all tag=. doc-all www step 3: start cvsupping the complete trees cd /usr/cvsup cvsup -g all.sup this is a long (in the first time use only, and occasionally on major updates, but worth the sweat) 3. Build World (full built of FreeBSD OS) cd /usr/src make clean make world (don't be afraid go for it) (time consuming step better let the system do it while you are at work/sleep/TV or otherwise) cd /sys/i386/conf config -g MYKERNEL (MYKERNEL is your own kernel configuration file) cd /sys/compile/MYKERNEL make clean make depend make make install (here, its better to reboot into the new kernel, when you're back dmake a release) 4. Build a Release: step 1: cd /usr/src/release step 2: edit the /usr/src/release/Makefile BASE = 3.3 CVSROOT=/home/ncvs CHROOTDIR=/usr/release (/usr or anything you choose must have > 1.0 gigabytes free) RELEASETAG=RELENG_3 (time consuming, but will giveyou a FULL release that you can later in step 5 use to create CD) 5. Create the FreeBSD CDs step 1: create the ISO image (I'll assume you are using an ATA IDE CD-writer (cuz that's the one I use, help on SCSI has been more than one discussed here, it uses other software "cdrecord" from ports. step 1-a: fetch, build and install application "mkhybrid" from ports. step 1-b: mkhybrid -a -f -N -D -r -L -R -J -v -o (space) /usr/ISO_IMAGE (space) /usr/release/R/cdrom1 (not sure about the full path here sorry my brain own memory fails here, but you should find it anyway) step 2: burn data CD. step 2-a put a new empty writable CD in the CD drive, and close the door step 2-b fetch, make, and install "wormcontrol" from ports fetch, make, and install "team" from ports step 2-c assuming you CD is on acd0, do the following cd /dev ./MAKEDEV acd0 (this will create the "RAW" devices racd0a and racd0c step 2-d (better to put in a shell script: #-------------------- #iso2cd script: #-------------------- #!/bin/sh device=/dev/racd0c wormcontrol -f$device prepdisk double wormcontrol -f$device track data (following two line should be on one line) rtprio 5 team -v 1m 5 < /usr/ISO_IMAGE | rtprio 5 dd of=$device bs=20k wormcontrol -f$device fixate 1 6. make a bootable floppy (actually 2 of them) the needed files are 1.44 MB kernel --> floppy 1 mfsroot --> floppy 2 these babies are on the same tree /usr/release/R/floppies/....... thats it, you should be able to install FreeBSD on any new system having HD, CD, and floppy, in addtition to the (un-necessary :-) CPU, keyboard, and monitor) have fun. --- Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Cole Mark A SSgt > JTF-SWA/J6 wrote: > > > I looked in the handbook and the ftp site but > could not find an answer. > > What do I need to do to make a cd that I can > use to install freebsd. Thanks > > for the help. > > I'd download the ISO image > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/3.4-install.iso > > and write it on a CD by e.g. WinOnCD with > `track image' option. > > Regards > Konrad > > // > // Konrad Heuer > ____ ___ _______ > // Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche > / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ > // Datenverarbeitung mbH GÖttingen > / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / > // Am Faßberg, D-37077 GÖttingen > /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ > // Deutschland (Germany) > ----- The Power to Serve ----- > // > http://www.freebsd.org > // kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de > // > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to > majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the > body of the message > ===== MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! 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