Subject: RE: bootable cdrom howto?
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Reiner Buehl <Reiner_Buehl@hp.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/14/1999 09:19:42
> >Is there a howto on making a bootable CD-ROM?  I'm interested in several
> >different arch's.  I've poked around and haven't had any luck finding
> >instructions on how to do this.
> 
> Haven't seen a howto, but it would be short
> 	mkisofs -R -o 1.4.1.iso -c boot.catalog -b boot.fs 1.4.1
> makes an ISO image of the directory '1.4.1', using 'boot.fs' as the
> bootable filesystem image, and storing a boot catalog (some laptops need
> this to boot) in 'boot.catalog'.

But this will only work on i386 systems, most other NetBSD architecture 
should not recognice this CD as bootable as far as I know.

Regards, Reiner.