Making a custom FreeBSD iso

[Frank Staals]

Chris Huff wrote:

>
> Hi:
>
> Im trying to get a couple of scripts of mine onto a bootable FreeBSD 
> 5.4 install cd. Im going about this as follows.
>
> Im ripping the iso image from the cd with dd
>
> dd if=/dev/acd0 of=file.iso bs=2048
>
> Then, Im mounting the iso image
>
> mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /usr/iso-orig/file.iso -u 0
>
> mount -t cd9660 /dev/md0 /iso
>
> ..and copying its contents to disk with cp -R
>
>
> Now, all of the sudden, the /rescue dir grows from 3.5M to 455M so 
> after i copy my scripts to the extracted iso filesystem on my hard 
> disk and try to make an iso I cannot burn the ISO because its way too 
> big. Can anyone help me with this?
>
> Im trying to get some kind of autoinstall going ( above just 
> install.cfg with sysinstall ).
>
>
>
> Thanks
> --CH
>
>
>
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You might want to try 'live-cd' its the same program which is used to 
create the FreeBSD livecd's ( FreeSBIE ) you should check in 
sysutils/livecd and then just follow the 'wizzard' http://liveucd.sf.net 
for more info

Good luck

-- 
-Frank Staals