On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 03:12:37PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 09:39:11PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:37:28PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 01:48:10PM +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > > > > The standard (I have Ecma 119 (= ISO 9660), SUSP, RRIP and El Torito > > > > here > > > > as PDFs, they’re “freeware”) however specifies that the first 32 KiB of > > > > an ISO 9660 filesystem image are empty and available for, for example, > > > > bootloaders. > > > > > > I found this a very interesting observation. In fact I just implemented > > > support in GRUB to build USB-capable CD images, using this approach. You > > > just need to dd them: > > > > > > $ dd if=mini.iso of=/dev/sdb > > > > > > You will need 1.98~20091221-1 (which I just uploaded to sid), plus > > > attached > > > patch. > > > > > > This takes advantage of the new infrastructure for bootable image > > > generation > > > (grub-mkrescue), which abstracts the architecture-specific GRUB setup so > > > that > > > you only need to worry about your grub.cfg and not about image building. > > > > > > > I have tried that, but it doesn't work. It works fine when used on a > > CD-ROM, but not when used on an hard-drive. The grub menu is shown > > correctly, but when selecting the install entry, it freezes on > > "Loading ...". When trying to boot using commands, it also freezes after > > entering "kfreebsd /boot/kernel/kfreebsd.gz". > > Could you put that image somewhere? I'll have a look. >
It is available on http://temp.aurel32.net/mini.iso . I tried it with qemu (-cdrom and -hda). -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
