On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Backb0ne wrote:

 > Hi, i am from south america, and i was trying to install NetBSD from a existing file system
 >  but i got many problems. so i decide to burn a cd with the files needed to install NetBSD.
 >  I check the documentation, and i don't really need a especific estructure, the instalation
 >  program let me choose any directory. But, the problem is, how can i make the NetBSD
 >  cdrom bootable ?

I answered to this kind of question last month :


For NetBSD/i386, you can do :

I suppose you retrieved the files for the installation, like the
directory structure on the FTP server of NetBSD.

% cd /.../netbsd-x-i386
% [mkisofs/mkhybrid] -a -v -r -b installation/floppies/boot.fs . -o /...../cd.iso

where installation/floppies/boot.fs is the image of the netbsd
installation floppy disc.

cd.iso is the image of the cdrom you will have to write
(with cdrecord for ex.).

with mkhybrid, you can add '-J' if you want this cd readable by
MS systems.

Don't forget '.' in order to tell mkisofs/mkhybrid that you take
all files and directories from the current path.

Pierre Bourgin