Subject: Bootable CD with multiple kernels?
To: Port-i386 <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/22/2002 12:28:55
Hello,

I would like to create a bootable CD with multiple custom kernels,
so I could boot up any machine using the same CD.  How do I create
a "boot-huge.fs" for this purpose?  Is there a limit for the size
of the fs on a CD?

I also tried this:

root@pyy src/distrib # vnconfig vnd0 /tmp/boot-big.fs 
root@pyy src/distrib # mount /dev/vnd0a /a
mount_ffs: /dev/vnd0a on /a: incorrect super block
root@pyy src/distrib # mount -t msdos /dev/vnd0a /a
mount_msdos: /dev/vnd0a on /a: Invalid argument
root@pyy src/distrib # mount -t cd9660 /dev/vnd0a /a
mount_cd9660: /dev/vnd0a on /a: Invalid argument

I tried following the Makefiles that create the filesystem images,
but there were too many Makefiles and scripts for me.. :-)

Thanks,

  -jm