On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 02:07:46PM -0500, James D. Freels wrote: > The new version of mkrescue in the Debian/Sid lilo package has a > command-line switch "--iso" for creating bootable cd images of the > kernel to be used for rescue cds (as opposed to rescue diskettes). I > find this very nice because I like to minimize modules which makes the > kernel size too big for a floppy. Most machines can boot from a CD > these days. > Is there a similar package that will create bootable CDs for the alpha ? > If not how does one go about creating a bootable CD from a kernel image > ? Preferably, one would want to interface nicely with either milo > and/or SRM in a straight-forward manner. mkdir -p iso-root/etc cp -L /vmlinuz /initrd.img /boot/bootlx iso-root/ cp /etc/aboot.conf iso-root/etc/ mkisofs -r -J -o rescue.iso iso-root/ isomarkboot rescue.iso /bootlx Should do for SRM. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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