Subject: Thanks: Re: Bootable Alpha CDs
To: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@netbsd.org>
From: nm <nmanisca@vt.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 12/20/1999 21:01:57
"Chris G. Demetriou" wrote:
>
> nm <nmanisca@vt.edu> writes:
> > First, how does one go about making a bootable NetBSD/Alpha CD?
> > (bootable from SRM that is)
>
> run 'installboot' on the CDROM image file. you're planning to burn to
> a CD-ROM.
>
> This is actually one of the examples in the alpha 'installboot' manual
> page.
>
> > Do I need to put a UFS image of a fs on a CD?
>
> No.
Once again the man pages hold the answer :)
I didn't notice that the alpha man page for installboot is even
on my sparc ipx :) I read it and it answered my first question
perfectly.
Nick