Subject: Re: sparc bootable cd
To: Ron Roskens <roskens@elfin.net>
From: Tracy J. Di Marco White <gendalia@iastate.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 12/01/2000 12:51:58
Ron Roskens said:
}Have you looked into just using mkisofs to build the image instead of
}mkisofs+mksunbootcd?
}
}mkisofs v1.13 has this capability (-B) , and its already part of the
}cdrecord 1.9 package.
That may very well work. My problems is I don't know which boot image I
should have on a multiboot CD. I'm making this to make available for
others, I have no sparc of my own to test or play with this on.
}On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Todd Vierling wrote:
}
}> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 10:15:06 -0500 (EST)
}> From: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
}> To: Tracy Di Marco White <gendalia@iastate.edu>
}> Cc: port-sparc@netbsd.org
}> Subject: Re: sparc bootable cd
}>
}> On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Tracy Di Marco White wrote:
}>
}> : I'm trying to build a bootable (multiplatform) cd. The instructions
}> : on the web site say to do:
}>
}> The instructions on the web site are a bit out of date.
}>
}> I'm in the middle of working on a brand spankin' new CD creation system
}> which supports full multiplatform CD generation, and copes with a last
}> minute bug in the 1.5 sparc installer. I will update that webpage as soon
}> as the current buglist in that Makefile system is squashed.
}>
}> --
}> -- Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com> * http://www.wasabisystems.com/
}> -- Speed, stability, security, and support. Wasabi NetBSD: Run with it.
}>
}>
}
}Ron
}
Tracy J. Di Marco White
Project Vincent Systems Manager
gendalia@iastate.edu