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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.melbpc.org.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news1.best.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!not-for-mail From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Burning my own FreeBSD-CD using XFree86-3.3 Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 15:33:12 -0700 Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM Lines: 20 Message-ID: <33BC28A8.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> References: <5pe3ta$rov$1@rztsun.rz.tu-harburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: time.cdrom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43886 Frank Meissner wrote: > I am sure, that I have seen this as question before. Unfortunately > it is not in the FAQ. So please could anybody tell me which command > to use to burn a FreeBSD-CD on my own. I know about mkisofs, but > which options to use. Is there any chance to make it bootable? See /usr/share/examples/worm. You can make your CD bootable if you use mkisofs v1.10 or later (use boot.flp as the boot image). > I would like to use XFree86-3.3 with this new CD (Matrox Mystique > purchased yesterday). Any Chance that just copying XFree86-3.3 > binaries to XF8632 Directory will be installable via sysinstall? Nope. You'd have to use the newer sysinstall sources which support 3.3 or you'll need to rename the 3.3 files to the same names as the 3.2 ones (gross hack). -- - Jordan Hubbard FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.