Re: Bootable CD IV

2001-05-02 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 09:59:26AM -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > From: Rick Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Bootable CD IV > Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 09:16:13 -0700 (PDT) > > > So, I guess my next questions is: > > > > How do create the 2.88M boot f

Re: Bootable CD IV

2001-05-02 Thread Jordan Hubbard
From: Rick Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Bootable CD IV Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 09:16:13 -0700 (PDT) > So, I guess my next questions is: > > How do create the 2.88M boot floppy image with the MFS stuff on it? I > guess it merges somehow inside the kernel? Am I right

Re: Bootable CD IV

2001-05-02 Thread Rick Duvall
gt; From: Rick Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Bootable CD IV > Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 12:03:21 -0700 (PDT) > > > So, let me get this straight: To make a bootable CD, you need to: > > [steps alided] > > That will essentially work, yes, though I've never

Re: Bootable CD IV

2001-05-01 Thread Jordan Hubbard
From: Rick Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Bootable CD IV Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 12:03:21 -0700 (PDT) > So, let me get this straight: To make a bootable CD, you need to: > [steps alided] That will essentially work, yes, though I've never seen someone use /usr directly as a

Re: Bootable CD IV

2001-05-01 Thread Rick Duvall
So, you mean I need to create that rootmfs.gz thing that is on the second floppy of the freebsd install, then mount cdrom as something other than root? I do actually have a copy of my / on my cd, so, I don't see why it's failing to mount root. The only thing I can see is if I create the mfsroot.

Bootable CD IV

2001-05-01 Thread Rick Duvall
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