Thanks, I looked at the ports/sysutils/cdroot/mkcdroot script and hacked togeather a boot.flp that worked. Only problem is that ssh does not work, but its a cd-rw so I'll have to change a few things. The boot went though okay, but now I gotta make changes so that it is console access and ssh only.
Thanks, Joe --- Matthew Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I've been having the exact same problem. I've found a page > that gives a > more complete detail of bootable freebsd cd's, including how > to supress the > /stand/sysinstall invocation. > http://www.zamaz.com/brian/firewall.html > I haven't tried it yet, so I can't vouche for it, but if you > read through > the script the author writes, it mentions the creation of a > loader.rc file. > I'm hoping this will work. Good luck, > > matt > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 4:03 PM > Subject: freebsd running on a cdrom > > > > Hello, > > I've been trying to get FreeBSD to run off a cdrom. > Why, > > well longs story, the shot version is it needs to be able to > be > > turned off and on like a lite switch. (I understand the on > part > > will take longer, but the off is just hit the button). When > I > > release this box it will have no console access. > > > > I have found 2 articles that talked about doing this and > > made a cdrom. The problem is that I used the boot.flp from > the > > install, with my own custom kernel and it went into > sysinstall > > like I wanted to install the system. > > > > Without building the entire FreeBSD distro how do I > make my > > own boot.flp file and what goes on it? > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Joe > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the > message > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
