Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1 and CD9660_ROOT bootable cdroms

From: Joe (josepha48_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/10/05

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    Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:39:30 -0800 (PST)
    To: "Greiman, John K (Mission Systems)" <John.Greiman@ngc.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
    
    

    In FreeBSD 4.x I used parts of that to create a cdrom.

    In 5.x I now use parts of the freesbie port to create bootable
    cdroms. It uses cdboot.

    Joe

    --- "Greiman, John K (Mission Systems)" <John.Greiman@ngc.com>
    wrote:

    > Using cdroot-1.2.5, I have successfuly created a bootable CD-R
    > which contains a full FreeBSD 5.2.1 installation (minimal:
    > base, crypto, and manpages). The bootable CD-R successfully
    > fdisk, disklabel, newfs, and installed on a test system. The
    > cdroot scripts required modifications, as there were issues
    > with the FreeBSD 4.X implementation and dependencies:
    >
    > 1. mkisofs
    > 2. mount_mfs
    > 3. MAKEDEV
    > 4. The diskless_mount entry in /etc/rc.conf
    >
    > John Greiman
    >

                    
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