On 10/22/07, Ted M. Goodridge, Jr.  wrote:

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> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:21:06 -0500, Nick Guenther  wrote:

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> > On 10/22/07, Ted M. Goodridge, Jr.  wrote:

> >> Hello all,

> >>

> >> Please CC to me directly as I am offlist...

> >> Relevant info:

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> >> I'm burning a re-writable DVD using the above instructions

> >>

> >> The mkisofs command to burn the image is as follows:

> >>

> >> /usr/local/bin/mkisofs -no-iso-translate -R -T -allow-leading-dots -l -d

> >> -D -N -v -b cdbr -no-emul-boot -c boot.catalog -o /tmp/livecd.iso

> >> /livecd

> >>

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> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I'm pushing against a deadline,

> >> so

> >> any tips / pointers / suggestions are also appreciated

> >

> > Have you tested the .iso in QEMU? Have you tried it on different

> > hardware? Maybe it's because it's a DVD (DVDs might need more drivers

> > than the boot loader has? Maybe try cdboot instead of cdbr?

> >

> > -Nick

> qemu doesn't work for some reason.  Anytime I try and use qemu I get the

> error "Cannot initialize SDL library..."

Is SDL installed right?

Wait.. are you running in X or console? Qemu needs graphics.
> Yes, I have tried it in different hardware.  What exactly do cdbr and

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> cdboot do?  I get the screen that says "OpenBSD boot loader" (with the

> hardware fd1 etc listed), with the "Loading /CDBOOT" above it and it just

> hangs.

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> cdbr is listed in the installation instructions as the cdboot loader.

> cdboot is the second stage boot loader IIRC.  Don't hesitate to correct me

> if I'm wrong here.

Oh, no, that sounds about right, I guess.
> The help is apprecitated.  I'm not trying to make install media (that

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> would actually be easy), just boot this liveCD.  Has anyone else gotten a

> LiveDVD to work?

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> Ted

If you make a LiveCD (not DVD) does it work?
-Nick