Re: How to build a bootable ISO for sparc64?

Brad <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.sparc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wednesday 08 July 2009 16:21:43 Richard Mueller wrote:
> Hy Paul...

Look at src/distrib/sparc64/iso/Makefile for tips as to how to build
your own ISO image.

> thanks for taking time to answer my questions.
>
> Maybe I expressed it in a wrong way:
>
> I don't like to boot from disk (even if the system is installed and
> running) I just want to bring the kernel on CD, but having the root
> filesystem on disk (or on USB-Stick).
>
> This is intended more as a hack, because my OpenBoot does not support
> Boot from USB.
>
> Therfore I had to find a "place" where my kernel can be loaded, when
> my Filesystems are on a USB-Stick.
>
> I know its quite weird, but I dont want to have disks in this box at
> the end.
>
> Thanks again for some tips.
>
> Richard
>
> > On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 08:50:05PM +0200, Richard Mueller wrote:
> > | Hy folks...
> > |
> > | I want to build a bootable CD for booting my custom kernel
> > | in a Sun Fire 210 (Ultrasparc III), but I do not exactly know
> > | how.
> > |
> > | Using google and reading manpages did not really help. Maybe
> > | some of you can help me with that issue.
> > |
> > | I have got a running OpenBSD 4.5 Installation on the Sun Fire 210,
> > | but the kernel is loaded from disk, which is not suitiable for my
> > | purposes.
> >
> > The bootprom in your machine knows how to read the filesystem on the
> > CD. Just insert your 4.5 CD, halt your current operating system (do
> > not reboot). You'll end up in boot prom, at an 'ok' prompt. Here you
> > type 'boot cdrom' to boot from cd and off you go. Read the
> > INSTALL.sparc64 document for more details. These fine documents
> > actually contain this sort of information :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd
>
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