On March 28, 2014 11:12:20 AM EDT, Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2...@yahoo.com> wrote: >However the first time I tried to install a proper Netbsd system on my >laptop, I tried a poor man's approach using just syslinux and an .iso >image and I couldn't boot the installation cd. > >So the question remains: would the .iso created by >pkgsrc/sysutils/mklivecd boot from syslinux? > >Thanks
I'm not sure what's special about the live cd, but last time I booted off a usb drive it was pretty much the same as booting off a normal drive: make a filesystem on it, populate it with what you want, and run installboot. Eric