I have recently rewritten mkbootimage to be more useable.
This new version
should make it easier to upgrade machines, and to generate
new images. I'm
including the examples from the manpage here for quick
reference:
Create a floppy or netboot image named `boot.fs':
mkbootimage -b /usr/mdec/boot -k /netbsd boot.fs
Create a standalone image for booting from a hard disk:
mkbootimage -s -b /usr/mdec/boot -k /netbsd
boot.fs
Use the partition information on `sd0' to create a new
bootable image
with com0 as the console:
mkbootimage -b /usr/mdec/boot_com0 -k /netbsd -r
/dev/rsd0c boot.fs
Not that it now no longer requires the netbsd kernel to be
gzipped prior to
running mkbootimage, it will now gzip the kernel as it
builds the image.
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Tim Rightnour <root garbled.net>
NetBSD: Free multi-architecture OS http://www.netbsd.org/
Genecys: Open Source 3D MMORPG: http://www.genecys.org/
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