... nevermind ... I figured it out.  I found that I needed to use "-R"
with mkisofs rather than the "-r" indicated on the HOWTO:

  http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/bootcd.html#i386image

Perhaps the document should be updated?

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On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Eric Fox wrote:

> I'm trying to create a bootable NetBSD cd and just realiazed that the suid
> bit on all suid programs get turned off.  I've read the man pages for
> mkisofs, cdrecord, mount, and mount_cd9660, but there doesn't seem to be
> anything specifically mentioned that I can see that will help.  I've tried
> mount with "-o suid" but this also doesn't seem to make a difference.  For
> what it's worth, I've verified the binaries in question ARE suid in my cd
> source tree.  Am I making some common "newbe" mistake and missing
> something obvious?
>
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