bootCD v.0.2 package for fli4l 2.0.3a

This is an optional package for fli4l which allows creating a bootable CD instead of a boot floppy.

For documentation see the doc/ directory.

For the impatient here's a quickstart:
  1. Unpack this archive in the fli4l tree

  2. Optional:
    If you want harddisk installation, unpack the opt_hd package from the fli4l homepage (http://fli4l.sf.net) and after this unpack "hd_update.tgz".

  3. Configure the files below config/

  4. Optional:
    If you want a special CD drive to be used, change the parameter "cd=auto" in img/syslinuxcd.cfg to the drive you'd like to be used.

    cd=/dev/hda if it's master on first IDE channel,
    cd=/dev/hdb if it's slave on first IDE channel,
    cd=/dev/hdc if it's master on second IDE channel,
    cd=/dev/hdd if it's slave on second IDE channel.

    Otherwise the CD will be sought for automaticaly in the following
    order: hdc, hdb, hdd, hda

  5. Run "mkcd.sh" (Linux) resp. "mkcd.bat" (Windows), enter
    a formatted 1.44MB floppy, get a blank CDR medium and follow the instructions.

  6. Optional:
    If you have a really huge configuration and the files do not fit into the root filesystem, you can use the "-l" switch with "mkcd.{bat|sh}" to use a 32MB version of the root filesystem. Run "mkcd.{bat|sh} -h" to see a command line description

You must have the programs "mkisofs" and "cdrecord" installed for linux, for windows, there are binaries included.



Author: A. Pogoda
Date: Feb. 25th 2002
Modified: Apr. 05th 2002