On 10/22/07, Ted M. Goodridge, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:21:06 -0500, Nick Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 10/22/07, Ted M. Goodridge, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello all, > >> > >> Please CC to me directly as I am offlist... > >> 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 > > > > Have you tested the .iso in QEMU? Have you tried it on different > > hardware? Maybe it's because it's a DVD (DVDs might need more drivers > > than the boot loader has? Maybe try cdboot instead of cdbr? > > > > -Nick > qemu doesn't work for some reason. Anytime I try and use qemu I get the > error "Cannot initialize SDL library..."
Is SDL installed right? Wait.. are you running in X or console? Qemu needs graphics. > Yes, I have tried it in different hardware. What exactly do cdbr and > cdboot do? I get the screen that says "OpenBSD boot loader" (with the > hardware fd1 etc listed), with the "Loading /CDBOOT" above it and it just > hangs. > > cdbr is listed in the installation instructions as the cdboot loader. > cdboot is the second stage boot loader IIRC. Don't hesitate to correct me > if I'm wrong here. Oh, no, that sounds about right, I guess. > The help is apprecitated. I'm not trying to make install media (that > would actually be easy), just boot this liveCD. Has anyone else gotten a > LiveDVD to work? > > Ted If you make a LiveCD (not DVD) does it work? -Nick
