Subject: Re: Bootable CD
To: Sean Murphy <sean@cbrmain.cbr.nrc.ca>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-sparc
Date: 03/13/2000 21:20:16
On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 02:31:01PM -0400, Sean Murphy wrote:
> Hrm.. I've gotten the newest mkisofs with the -B flag, and I run:
> 
> mkisofs -B boot-141.fs -o NetBSD.iso /home/sean/NetBSD-1.4.1/
> 
> and it makes an iso, I burn it, and i get a CD, i insert the cd, attempt
> to boot off it, and the Sparcstation tells me: "The file just loaded does
> not appear to be executable"...
> 
> any ideas on that one?

The format used by '-B' is usable only on PC ... different magic for sparc.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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