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Re: NetBSD Bootable CD ROM HOWTO



Hi,

On Tue, 7 May 2013 23:30:36 -0700 John Refling wrote:
> I wanted to re-burn one of the i386 install CDs and add a few programs
> (6.1_RC4) which now seems to have disappeared
> 
> On the website here:
> 
> http://www.netbsd.org/docs/bootcd.html#i386image
> 
> it gives (old) instructions involving using the boot-big.fs as the boot
> image for the cd.
> 
> I cannot find that file anywhere on the CD media.  There is the boot[1-5].fs
> etc. for the floppy boot image.
> 
> Maybe the docs should be updated too?

imho, this documentation shouldn't be updated, but archived.
I don't exactly know how it is done, but you should look into build.sh and
the according Makefiles to see what a current image creation does.
Of course it would be nice if you documented what you find and write a small
howto how to create your own CD image. ;-)

Regards, Julian

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