Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 12:03:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Duvall <maillist@coastsight.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Bootable CD IV Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105011145290.4300-100000@ns1.coastsight.com>
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So, let me get this straight: To make a bootable CD, you need to: 1. compile a kernel (generic will work) 2. gzip the kernel to kernel.gz 3. vnconfig -s labels -c vn0 boot.flp (from /cdrom/floppies/boot.flp) 4. mount /dev/vn0a /mnt 5. cp kernel.gz /mnt/kernel.gz 6. cp /boot/boot0 /mnt/boot/boot0;cp /boot/loader.4th /mnt/boot/loader.4th 7. umount /dev/vn0a;vnconfig -u vn0 8. mkdir /usr/cd;cp boot.flp /usr/cd 9. cp -R /bin /usr/cd;cp -R /etc /usr/cd;cp -R /sbin /usr/cd 10. pico -w /usr/cd/etc/fstab to mount acd0 as root. 11. mkisofs -o burnthis.iso -b boot.flp cd 12. Burn the ISO to a CD. 13. boot the CD. Okay, got that far. But, it will load the kernel, then hang and say that it cannot mount root device /dev/fd0. This doesn't make any sense to me becuase I specifically told fstab on the cd to use the cdrom as root. Am I stupid or something? Thanks. Sincerely, Rick Duvall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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