Subject: towards a NetBSD LiveCD: makefs -t cd9660 missing features
To: None <tech-install@netbsd.org>
From: David Young <dyoung@pobox.com>
List: tech-install
Date: 12/02/2005 20:34:00
makefs -t cd9660 will create bootable CD-ROMs for i386, but I
believe there are missing pieces for sparc, mac68k, macppc, and other
architectures.
Of all architectures, the Macs appear to be the most complicated of
all to boot from CD-ROM. IIUC, the bootloader for Apple Macintosh
computers must be labeled with a special "type" and "creator" using
Apple's extensions to ISO9660. Apple's extensions are documented on the
web, <http://developer.apple.com/technotes/fl/fl_36.html>. It might be
that you can add support for the extensions in a weekend.
Dave
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