ISO images in pub/NetBSD-daily

Hi,
ISO images creation in daily built have been enabled for
netbsd-4 and
netbsd-current, using the build.sh 'iso-image' target. The
first
build with ISOs enabled has completed and is available from
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-4/200704280000Z
/
(in the iso/ directory). These images are bootable on
architectures that
support it.
Note that this change has not yet been done on the WWU build
cluster,
so builds ending with 02Z won't have iso images yet (look
for tags ending
with 00Z for isos for now).

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyerantioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la
difference
--

Great! 

-- 
Liam J. Foy
liamjfoynetbsd.org

I think it would be convenient for a lot of people if there
were
images available for booting from USB keys.  The installer
could then
mount the ISO image as a vnd--or something else.

What do you think about creating such a target for platforms
where
this would help?  Otherwise, we could put a package in
pkgsrc which
pulls in grub, creates a disk image with grub and the iso
(FAT
partition?) and chainloads the ISO (does it do this?).

Regards,

--Blair

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:11:04PM -0400, Blair Sadewitz
wrote:
> I think it would be convenient for a lot of people if
there were
> images available for booting from USB keys.  The
installer could then
> mount the ISO image as a vnd--or something else.
> 
> What do you think about creating such a target for
platforms where
> this would help?  Otherwise, we could put a package in
pkgsrc which
> pulls in grub, creates a disk image with grub and the
iso (FAT
> partition?) and chainloads the ISO (does it do this?).

I'm not sure this would work. Doing a bootable USB image
should be doable,
but I don't know the magics required. I once tried to make a
ZIP drive
bootable with a USB drive and failed, but maybe the BIOS on
this box
was just too old.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyerantioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la
difference
--

On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 12:17:31PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer
wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure this would work. Doing a bootable USB
image should be doable,
> but I don't know the magics required. I once tried to
make a ZIP drive
> bootable with a USB drive and failed, but maybe the
BIOS on this box
> was just too old.

You do need a system with a BIOS that will boot USB drive.

It your BIOS does, then it just a matter of running fdisk to
put on
the mbr loaded (you might find it has one already), and
putting the
appropriate code at the start of the mbr partition - just
like any
other i386 disk.

	David

-- 
David Laight: davidl8s.co.uk

On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 12:16:38PM +0100, David Laight
wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 12:17:31PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer
wrote:
> > 
> > I'm not sure this would work. Doing a bootable USB
image should be doable,
> > but I don't know the magics required. I once tried
to make a ZIP drive
> > bootable with a USB drive and failed, but maybe
the BIOS on this box
> > was just too old.
> 
> You do need a system with a BIOS that will boot USB
drive.
> 
> It your BIOS does, then it just a matter of running
fdisk to put on
> the mbr loaded (you might find it has one already), and
putting the
> appropriate code at the start of the mbr partition -
just like any
> other i386 disk.

This is what I did on my ZIP drive, and it didn't work. I
suspect the
BIOS expected to find a FAT, as creating a bootable ZIP from
windows did
work ...

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyerantioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la
difference
--