Subject: RE: Making Bootable CDROM
To: None <Oliver.Bruckauf@gmx.de>
From: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 07/27/2001 22:08:23
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 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.
note that this package works on other netbsd systems too (not just sparc).
Also, there is a more portable version of mksunbootcd which is autoconf'ed
and works easily on solaris or linux. there's a link from
http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/bootcd.html
-dan