cvs commit: src/release Makefile src/release/i386 mkisoimages.sh

[Ruslan Ermilov]

On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 05:00:44PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> 
> On 23-Jul-2003 Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > ru          2003/07/23 13:53:37 PDT
> > 
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     release              Makefile 
> >     release/i386         mkisoimages.sh 
> >   Log:
> >   Added the (undocumented) EMUL_BOOT variable (for TARGET=i386 only)
> >   that causes the bootable ISO images to be created using the floppy
> >   emulation (the old method) as opposed to the new "cdboot" method.
> >   
> >   Only copy boot.flp to the 2nd CD-ROM if this variable is defined.
> >   
> >   Reviewed by:    murray
> 
> I would always copy the floppy.  The reason is so that all of the needed
> bits for both boot types are available to vendors.
> 
Running "make release" with -DEMUL_BOOT but without -DMAKE_ISOS does
just that.  My intent was for a standard "make release" to not have
unnecessary bits.  There's no point in cdrom/disc2/floppies/boot.flp
if we aren't even going to use it.

> I can see vendors
> taking the contents of an ISO, mounting it using mdconfig, adding more
> bit in another dir, then using mkisofs to generate a new ISO with a
> different boot method.  This would be done w/o rolling an entire release
> but using the ISO from the Project's release.  In other words, I don't
> think we should require vendors to roll an entire release just to use
> boot.flp instead of cdboot or vice versa.  Please just leave both cdboot
> and boot.flp on both ISOs.
> 
boot.flp is always available on the 1st disc in a set anyway; I don't
see a problem copying it from here to the custom 2nd disc.


Cheers,
-- 
Ruslan Ermilov		Sysadmin and DBA,
ru at sunbay.com		Sunbay Software Ltd,
ru at FreeBSD.org		FreeBSD committer
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