Subject: RE: Making Bootable CDROM
To: Michael Wolfson <mw@blobulent.com>
From: Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp@burghcom.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 07/27/2001 11:12:20
Make sure the CD-ROM you use supports 4096byte sectors. It's normally a
jumper on the back, near the SCSI ID settings.
--Brian
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Michael Wolfson wrote:
> At 3:17 PM +0200 7/27/01, Oliver.Bruckauf@gmx.de wrote:
>
> :)Hi Chris,
> :)
> :)> > Take a look at pkgsrc/sysutils/mksunbootcd, it does exactly
> :)> > what you want.
> :)> It would if I had anything plugged into a sparc to write it
> :)> with! I'm stuck with a win2k pc with a cdrw drive in it
> :)> unfortunately :p
> :)
> :)Just make an image on the sparc and transfer it over to your pc to burn it.
>
> Are you trying to make your own CD, or just trying to install NetBSD for
> the first time?
>
> If the latter, just get:
> <ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/1.5.1/sparccd.iso>
>
> -- MW
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--Brian
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