Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:06:52 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: list@museum.rain.com (James Long) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to get custom release CD to boot without floppies? Message-ID: <200601250206.SAA76947@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <20060125013542.GA43885@ns.museum.rain.com> from James Long at "Jan 24, 2006 05:35:42 pm"
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... > Finally, I made an ISO image: > > cd CHROOTDIR > export CHROOTDIR="." > mkisofs -d -D -N -R -T -V "FreeBSD6.0-RELEASE" \ > -P "Test Distribution" \ > -o ~/tinn.iso -b floppies/boot.flp \ > -c floppies/boot.catalog $CHROOTDIR/R/cdrom/disc1 > > # /* -V is your CD name */ > # /* -P is for some comments */ > # /* -o is your image name */ > # /* -b and -c should be left how it is. It's set for auto boot. These paths should not be a full path */ Big concern here is that the -b and -c are NOT part of the isoimage burn requested. This is most likely your problem, mkisofs well actually create and write the boot.catalog file, and I am almost certain that it must appear on the cdrom at that same relative location (ie, the arg to mkisofs should almost always be . ) -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX @ CN85sl - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net
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