Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 12:47:42 -0500 From: MacMan20001 <macman20001@mac.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Bootable CD Problems Message-ID: <p05111b04bb811ca1807f@[192.168.96.3]>
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Hello. I'm trying to build a bootable BSD 4.8 CD. Nothing fancy, just a shell and maybe a few utilities, but I have a specific problem. Whenever I boot from the CD, the computer asks for the root filesystem. I point it toward the CD (cd9660:acd0), but it hangs on "Mounting root from cd9660:acd0...". My guess is that it can't find the mfsroot file. So, I tried all the possibilities: a zipped and unzipped file, upper and lower case filename, upper and lower case listing in /boot/loader.conf, and nothign worked. Does anyone know the proper way the mfsroot file should be done, or another problem that could be causing this? I have /sbin/init on the disk, and rc didn't load; I inserted 'echo "rc loaded."' into the rc file, and didn't get any messages. Any help would be nice, and I wil answer what questions I can about this. -- Signed, Dan Harrison
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