RE: building boot cd

["Steve Shockley" <Steve.Shockley@shockley.net>]

> i am trying to build a custom install boot cd rom, i have 
> 2.6, 2.7 and am getting 2.8, i am trying to build a series of 
> predefined systems, (i.e ,,, Firewall, Routers, NIDS, 
> Intranet Servers), i would like to automated this as much as 
> possible, ihave tried to tar filesystem on each one of these, 
> but this seems to fail due to drive partioning , i think is 
> where it is failing at. 

When you boot from CD, the computer essentially thinks it's booting from a floppy.  Check out cdrom28.fs (or any of the three boot floppies).  You'll need to create a 1.44 (or 2.88) floppy with enough on it to boot your system and mount the CD.  Do a man mkisofs or see http://www.shockley.net/obsd-bootcd.asp for more hints.  If you include more than one boot image, your BIOS should provide you with a choice at boot-time.

> Any hints would be greatly appreciated, AND NO I AM NOT 
> TRYING TO VIOLATE COPYRIGHT, I AM ANA AVID SUPPORTER< AND USE 
> OPENBSD SOLELY FOR  NETWORK AND SECURITY APPLIANCES AT WORK AND HOME.

If I understand the OpenBSD copyright correctly, if you wanted to you could create CDs and sell them for a profit without paying any royalties.  However, you could not make a copy of the "official" 2.8 CD and sell it.

(Please, anyone feel free to correct my mistakes, if any!)