On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 06:59:42PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2005-06-09 08:35, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Chad David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > My company built a tool a few years back for creating a bootable cdrom
> > > based on a running host FreeBSD 3/4 system, which promptly got shelved and
> > > forgotten.I recently had to update it for FreeBSD 5 and thought that
> > > perhaps the community at large could make use it before it gets forgotten
> > > again.
> >
> > # cd /usr/src
> > # make buildworld buildkernel
> > # mkdir /tmp/cdrom
> > # make installworld installkernel DESTDIR=/tmp/cdrom
> > # cd /usr/src/etc
> > # make distribution DESTDIR=/tmp/cdrom
> > # mkisofs -o /tmp/cdrom.iso -r -no-emul-boot -b /tmp/cdrom/boot/cdboot 
> > /tmp/cdrom
> > # burncd -s max data /tmp/cdrom.iso fixate eject
> >
> > did I leave anything out?
> 
> For completion's shake, before installkernel one may have to run:
> 
>   # cp /usr/src/sys/<arch>/conf/GENERIC.hints /tmp/cdrom/boot/device.hints
> 
> and then a minor nit.  The -b /tmp/cdrom/boot/cdboot option should be
> relative to the CD-ROM root directory.  Otherwise mkisofs complains and
> aborts.
> 
> But yeah, this is a great mini-guide for making a bootable CD :)

At least my post was a catalyst for something positive, however unintended ;).

-- 
Chad David        [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ACNS Inc.         Calgary, Alberta Canada
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