Hi, I hope you succeed. I'd be very itnerested in a live cd/dvd for obsd. As you say, it's ideal to test hardware, but I don't have to time to do it myself. Btw, why obsd 4.1? Do you plan to upload the iso to some site? There were some projects, like quetzal and olivebsd, but they died, I think.
good luck, Pau 2007/10/22, Ted M. Goodridge, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello all, > > Please CC to me directly as I am offlist... > > I am building a LiveCD/LiveDVD based on OpenBSD 4.1 snapshot. I know this > is an unofficial page, but I followed the instructions here: > http://openbsd-wiki.org/index.php?title=LiveCD > > I'm using 4.1 because of the libraries required on the LiveDVD. This > LiveDVD is used for in-house hardware diagnostics with customized programs > written for BSD. I thought it would be easier to boot from CD rather than > installing OpenBSD on every machine we need to use as a hardware testbed. > > > The only changes I made to the above instructions were to copy the > "backup/{}" directories instead of tar'ing them and unzipping them. > > Everything works fine until the hang on boot with the message: "Loading > CBDR.." The disc then fails to boot. > > Relevant info: > --------------- > I'm burning a re-writable DVD using the above instructions > > The mkisofs command to burn the image is as follows: > > /usr/local/bin/mkisofs -no-iso-translate -R -T -allow-leading-dots -l -d > -D -N -v -b cdbr -no-emul-boot -c boot.catalog -o /tmp/livecd.iso /livecd > > -------- > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm pushing against a deadline, so > any tips / pointers / suggestions are also appreciated. > > Ted Goodridge
