What is used in i386 CDs? bootxx_cd9660 + boot from stand, right? On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Evgeniy Ivanov <[email protected]> wrote: > I see, thanks. > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Hubert Feyrer <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, 28 Jan 2012, Evgeniy Ivanov wrote: >>> >>> I experiment with NetBSD boot stuff for i386. Main question is what is >>> boot-big.fs and how does it different from bootxx_cd9660? >>> With this 'mkisofs -o test1.iso -b bootxx_cd9660 -no-emul-boot -c >>> boot.catalog -l -J -R -allow-leading-dots ./cdreleasefiles/' and in >>> cdreleasefiles contains: >>> boot boot.cfg bootxx_cd9660 modules >>> I'm able to boot. Though boot doesn't read boot.cfg, while loads a >>> kernel from modules without issues (I have to go to prompt). >>> >>> When I use boot-big.fs instead I get a nice colorful useless picture >>> on booting. Without "-no-emul-boot" (like in manual) I fail to create >>> an image: Size of boot image is 7200 sectors -> genisoimage: Error - >>> boot image 'cdreleasefiles/boot-big.fs' has not an allowable size. >> >> >> boot-big.fs is a complete 2.88MB floppy image that has everything to boot >> netbsd. >> >> bootxx_cd9660 is just a bootloader for the ISO 9660 format. >> >> >> - Hubert > > > > -- > Evgeniy
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