Creating bootable CDs as part of the release process

On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 02:26:45 +0200 (CEST), Hubert Feyrer
<hubertfNetBSD.org> wrote:

> 
> As outlined in [1], I have added code to NetBSD-current
last week to also
> build bootable kernel-only ISOs as part of the NetBSD
'build.sh release' 
> process. In addition to the floppy images with
integrated ramdisks,
> the same kernels are now also available in ISO format
for easier testing.
> 
Thanks you -- a very useful step.  Just to be clear --
'build.sh release'
for these platforms will automatically build the .iso files
if mkisofs
exists?  There's no need to use 'build.sh iso-image'?

Let me make a suggestion: provide some mechanism for user
additions to the
generated .iso file.  My personal BUILDCD script includes
tarballs
of /usr/src and /usr/xsrc on the CD -- they fit, and
they're useful when
I'm installing -current snapshots of random vintages. 
Other people may
want to include other things, such as their favorite
collection of binary
packages.


		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbi
a.edu/~smb