Converting a bootable USB stick in to bootable CD-ROM

2009-11-10 Thread Peter Steele
programmed into the stick's cloning logic. I want to create a similar mechanism using a bootable CD-ROM. The biggest difference in the process of course is that the CD-ROM itself is read-only so clearly there needs to be an mfsroot involved in the process. I looked at how the FreeBSD Live

Re: Install Free BSD without floppy, without bootable CD-ROM-drive, without boot from LAN etc.

2005-02-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:50:47 +0300 àÒÉÊ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hardvare configuration: > Compaq 5280 > Intel Pentium 120MHz > 80Mb RAM > 4,3 Gb HDD Hitachi > CD-ROM -8x Panasonic (I CAN NOT boot from it) > > NO able boot from LAN, NO FDD, > 2,5" HDD

Install Free BSD without floppy, without bootable CD-ROM-drive, without boot from LAN etc.

2005-02-25 Thread Юрий
HDD Hitachi CD-ROM -8x Panasonic (I CAN NOT boot from it) NO able boot from LAN, NO FDD, 2,5" HDD - I can't connect this HDD to desktop and install FreeBSD on it. I try to load a kernen from DOS-partition usin "bsdboot.com kernel", but it have called a panic because of im

Samsung SC-152A CD-ROM not working with FreeBSD 4.8/5.0/5.1

2003-06-14 Thread Per von Zweigbergk
e Intel Pro/100 (fxp) adapters One cheap Geforce4MX AGP card Western Digital 120 GB hard drive Some floppy disk drive Samsung SC-152A CD-ROM drive 2) danneman: Asus P4P800 motherbord (also with the same Intel 865PE chipset) Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz processor with 800 MHz bus One Intel Pro/100 (fx

CD-ROM

2003-02-01 Thread Abdul Hakeem
Hi, Could you pls tell me how to obtain the cd-rom or download the 64bit port of FreeBSD ? Regards, Abdul Hakeem To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Alternate, floppy/cd-rom less install procedure

2002-08-09 Thread Mark Hannon
Hi, I recently decided to upgrade my network firewall which is headless. Last time I had a monitor attached I had set the BIOS to boot only CD-ROM and then hard-disk. This presented me with a problem to perform a serial-console installation. (The handbook talks about modifiy the boot floppies

Re: read-only CD-ROM boot partition for vinum webfarm?

2002-02-28 Thread Brian Dean
On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 06:23:31PM -0500, Clark C . Evans wrote: > > Hello. I was wondering if it is possible to make a read-only > boot partition (core kernel, static configuration, and /usr) > for a web-farm application. I've put together a few scripts to help set this up. I've been happily

Re: read-only CD-ROM boot partition for vinum webfarm?

2002-02-27 Thread Doug Ambrisko
improved any. 8-(. | > | > Actually 2 years ago it got much better to be a non-issue. 4 years | > ago with IDE CD-ROMs it was sketchy. ... but what do I know being | > responsible for manufacturing systems based on FreeBSD mounting root | > via a CD-ROM in a dirty and hostile environment? | |

Re: read-only CD-ROM boot partition for vinum webfarm?

2002-02-27 Thread Terry Lambert
ago it got much better to be a non-issue. 4 years > ago with IDE CD-ROMs it was sketchy. ... but what do I know being > responsible for manufacturing systems based on FreeBSD mounting root > via a CD-ROM in a dirty and hostile environment? Hey, Doug! I was basing my statement on

Re: read-only CD-ROM boot partition for vinum webfarm?

2002-02-27 Thread Lawrence S. Lansing
> > Hello. I was wondering if it is possible to make a read-only > > boot partition (core kernel, static configuration, and /usr) > > for a web-farm application. I've posted this question to the > > freebsd-small list as well and will try to solicit comments > > there as it seems that is the m

Re: read-only CD-ROM boot partition for vinum webfarm?

2002-02-27 Thread Doug Ambrisko
s ago it got much better to be a non-issue. 4 years ago with IDE CD-ROMs it was sketchy. ... but what do I know being responsible for manufacturing systems based on FreeBSD mounting root via a CD-ROM in a dirty and hostile environment? Doug eh? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: read-only CD-ROM boot partition for vinum webfarm?

2002-02-27 Thread Terry Lambert
"Clark C . Evans" wrote: > Hello. I was wondering if it is possible to make a read-only > boot partition (core kernel, static configuration, and /usr) > for a web-farm application. I've posted this question to the > freebsd-small list as well and will try to solicit comments > there as it seems

Re: read-only CD-ROM boot partition for vinum webfarm?

2002-02-27 Thread Chris Faulhaber
On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 06:23:31PM -0500, Clark C . Evans wrote: > Hello. I was wondering if it is possible to make a read-only > boot partition (core kernel, static configuration, and /usr) > for a web-farm application. I've posted this question to the > freebsd-small list as well and will try

read-only CD-ROM boot partition for vinum webfarm?

2002-02-27 Thread Clark C . Evans
/dev/console won't update, there may be other /dev issues (tty files) - if you are using DHCP then dhclient will want to update /etc/resolv.conf Kind Regards, Clark --- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: read-only CD-ROM boot partition for webfarm? Hello. I'm building a webfarm and

Re: Problems with booting of CD-ROM (fwd)

2001-10-18 Thread Cyrille Lefevre
Thomas Dixon wrote: [snip] > I have done this now and it loads the mfsroot.gz file, however I can't > find any man pages or web pages that tell me how to create an mfsroot > file. Any ideas on this? see boot.flp target in /usr/src/release/Makefile it is much simple to work on the original boot.

RE: Problems with booting of CD-ROM (fwd)

2001-10-18 Thread John Baldwin
ately boots other CDs as it has booted several other CDs. However >> >> > using a CD I've made using mkisofs and cdboot it gives the error; >> >> > >> >> > Your BIOS int 0x13 extensions seem to be disabled. >> >> > It

RE: Problems with booting of CD-ROM (fwd)

2001-10-18 Thread Thomas Dixon
it gives the error; > >> > > >> > Your BIOS int 0x13 extensions seem to be disabled. > >> > It's impossible to boot a CD-ROM without them. > >> > (BIOS int 0x13 fn 0x4b01 yielded error 1) > >> > > >

Re: Problems with booting of CD-ROM (fwd)

2001-10-17 Thread Doug Ambrisko
is on | > > definately boots other CDs as it has booted several other CDs. However | > > using a CD I've made using mkisofs and cdboot it gives the error; | > > | > > Your BIOS int 0x13 extensions seem to be disabled. | > > It's impossible to boot

RE: Problems with booting of CD-ROM (fwd)

2001-10-17 Thread John Baldwin
mputer I'm trying to do this on >> > definately boots other CDs as it has booted several other CDs. However >> > using a CD I've made using mkisofs and cdboot it gives the error; >> > >> > Your BIOS int 0x13 extensions seem to be disabled.

RE: Problems with booting of CD-ROM (fwd)

2001-10-17 Thread Thomas Dixon
CDs as it has booted several other CDs. However > > using a CD I've made using mkisofs and cdboot it gives the error; > > > > Your BIOS int 0x13 extensions seem to be disabled. > > It's impossible to boot a CD-ROM without them. > >

RE: Problems with booting of CD-ROM (fwd)

2001-10-16 Thread John Baldwin
've made using mkisofs and cdboot it gives the error; > > Your BIOS int 0x13 extensions seem to be disabled. > It's impossible to boot a CD-ROM without them. > (BIOS int 0x13 fn 0x4b01 yielded error 1) > > I'm using an Asus P5A motherboard, there a

Problems with booting of CD-ROM (fwd)

2001-10-16 Thread Thomas Dixon
gives the error; Your BIOS int 0x13 extensions seem to be disabled. It's impossible to boot a CD-ROM without them. (BIOS int 0x13 fn 0x4b01 yielded error 1) I'm using an Asus P5A motherboard, there appears to be no way to enable the int 0x13 extensions in the BIOS and there

New CD-ROM Atlas of Russia - all oblasts, krays, and republics

2001-04-18 Thread Hamilton Global Management
Dear Colleague, Subject: New CD-ROM Atlas of Russia - all oblasts, krays, and republics We have recently acquired a new, unique CD-ROM atlas of the Russian Federation. The atlas displays highly detailed maps of all oblasts, krays, and republics. Visible details include cities

Re: STABLE ATAPI CD-ROM

2000-11-13 Thread Soren Schmidt
It seems Dimitar V. Peikov wrote: > > Yesterday, I've CVSuped -STABLE and UPGRADE using information in > /usr/src/UPDATING from 4.1.1-STABLE. Re-cvsup, this has been fixed... -Søren To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

STABLE ATAPI CD-ROM

2000-11-13 Thread Dimitar V. Peikov
world mergemaster reboot The problem is that my CD-ROM device suddenly disappeared. It worked before I made this upgrade. I use DELL OptiPlex GX300 with atapci0: port 0xffa0-0xffaf at device 31.1 on pci0 ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 ad0: 9765MB [19841/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA6

Re: CD ROM

2000-11-11 Thread David Preece
At 08:44 11/11/00 +, you wrote: >I've got a problem with my CD ROM. The drawer keeps sliding open every >time I try to put a CD into it, it just won't stay shut. Have you got any >ideas? I have one CD ROM that used to do the same thing some of the time. Then more oft

Re: CD ROM

2000-11-11 Thread Jordan Hubbard
> I've got a problem with my CD ROM. The drawer keeps sliding open every = > time I try to put a CD into it, it just won't stay shut. Have you got = > any ideas? Duct tape? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: CD ROM

2000-11-11 Thread Soren Schmidt
It seems Katya.Hazelden wrote: > I've got a problem with my CD ROM. The drawer keeps sliding open every time I try to >put a CD into it, it just won't stay shut. Have you got any ideas? Your drive is broken, or something is obstructing the drawer... -Søren To Unsubscribe: sen

CD ROM

2000-11-11 Thread Katya.Hazelden
I've got a problem with my CD ROM. The drawer keeps sliding open every time I try to put a CD into it, it just won't stay shut. Have you got any ideas?

Re: creating bootable CD-ROM

2000-01-04 Thread Graham Wheeler
On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, Adam Mackler wrote: > Hi: > > I have a couple questions related to booting my FreeBSD > system from a CD-ROM: > > First, is "El Torito" the only way to boot from a CD-ROM? It is the only way to have the BIOS boot from CD-ROM. The floppy disk

Re: creating bootable CD-ROM

2000-01-02 Thread John Sconiers
Look up mkisofs. > I have a couple questions related to booting my FreeBSD > system from a CD-ROM: > First, is "El Torito" the only way to boot from a CD-ROM? > Is there some way to use disklabel to make the ISO9660 > filesystem bootable, so that /boot and /kernel ca

creating bootable CD-ROM

2000-01-02 Thread Adam Mackler
Hi: I have a couple questions related to booting my FreeBSD system from a CD-ROM: First, is "El Torito" the only way to boot from a CD-ROM? Is there some way to use disklabel to make the ISO9660 filesystem bootable, so that /boot and /kernel can just go in the CD-ROM filesystem, r

Re: CD-ROM on Compaq Deskpro

1999-11-10 Thread Søren Schmidt
It seems Zuidam, Hans wrote: > Hi, > > Further investigating the reason why the CD-ROM is not accessible > on a Compaq Deskpro EN (changing the machine was not an option,) > I've found the following: > > o The CD-ROM drive is on the secondary IDE controller, >

CD-ROM on Compaq Deskpro

1999-11-10 Thread Zuidam, Hans
Hi, Further investigating the reason why the CD-ROM is not accessible on a Compaq Deskpro EN (changing the machine was not an option,) I've found the following: o The CD-ROM drive is on the secondary IDE controller, there is no primary controller. The HD is on a

Re: help with CD-Rom

1999-06-18 Thread Harold Gutch
wcd->acd symlinks in the /dev directory for hysterical raisins. ^ I understand - it will create symlinks to stop users getting hysterical as their CD-ROM isn't working anymore ;). bye, Harold -- Sleep is an abstinence syndrome wich

Re: help with CD-Rom

1999-06-18 Thread Wes Peters
Papezik Milon wrote: > > I see an "acd0" device line in my 3.2 GENERICS config file. > > Could someone please explain the diffrence > between wcd0 and acd0 devices? > > What has changed? The name. ATAPI CD-ROMs are now called "acd". MAKEDEV will typically make wcd->acd symlinks in the /dev di

Re: help with CD-Rom

1999-06-18 Thread Papezik Milon
bush doctor wrote: > > Once morpheus_...@depechemode.com aka (morpheus_...@depechemode.com) said: > > Yesterday I was able to mount my CD-ROM just fine. Today after > > a lot of kernel hacking I am not. I am fairly new at this so > > this may be a really easy answer. &g

Re: help with CD-Rom

1999-06-16 Thread bush doctor
Once morpheus_...@depechemode.com aka (morpheus_...@depechemode.com) said: > Yesterday I was able to mount my CD-ROM just fine. Today after > a lot of kernel hacking I am not. I am fairly new at this so > this may be a really easy answer. > I have an entry in the "fstab" f

help with CD-Rom

1999-06-16 Thread morpheus_420
Yesterday I was able to mount my CD-ROM just fine. Today after a lot of kernel hacking I am not. I am fairly new at this so this may be a really easy answer. I have an entry in the "fstab" file that references my cdrom /dev/wcd0c /cdromro, noauto 0 0 but when I goto "moun

help with CD-Rom

1999-06-16 Thread morpheus_420
Yesterday I was able to mount my CD-ROM just fine. Today after a lot of kernel hacking I am not. I am fairly new at this so this may be a really easy answer. I have an entry in the "fstab" file that references my cdrom /dev/wcd0c /cdromro, noauto 0 0 but when I goto "moun