Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:39:33 -0500 From: Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@pldrouin.net> To: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to create a FreeBSD 8.0 boot CD without boot.flp? Message-ID: <4B732795.70702@pldrouin.net> In-Reply-To: <4B732695.5080701@otenet.gr> References: <4B7320DA.2080606@pldrouin.net> <4B732695.5080701@otenet.gr>
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Great Thanks! So when I create a boot CD using the boot image, are the kernel files contained in /boot/kernel read at all during boot? Manolis Kiagias wrote: > On 10/02/2010 11:10 μ.μ., Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I would like to create a boot CD using FreeBSD 8.0 but I just noticed >> that there is no existing boot.flp file for 8.0. What is the >> alternative to get a boot image to create my CD image? >> >> Thanks! >> > > You just use the boot/cdboot file from the official CD/DVD, like this > (to write to a DVD) > > growisofs -Z /dev/cd0 -speed 16 -J -R -no-emul-boot -b boot/cdboot > -iso-level 3 path-to-your-files > > or use mkisofs with similar options to write an iso image, i.e. > > mkisofs -J -R -no-emul-boot -b boot/cdboot -iso-level 3 -o > /path/to/your.iso path-to-your-files >
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