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diff --git a/scripts/mk-images.i386 b/scripts/mk-images.i386 index b4488f5c3..d2d4255b0 100644 --- a/scripts/mk-images.i386 +++ b/scripts/mk-images.i386 @@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ CD-ROM's boot speed would be an advantage. To use this image file, burn the file onto CD-R (or CD-RW) media as you normally would. + +The boot.img file is a VFAT filesystem image that can be written to a +USB pendrive or other bootable media larger than a floppy. Note that +booting via USB is dependent on your BIOS supporting this. It should +be written to the device using dd. EOF # LATEUSBMODS go in the second stage. @@ -187,6 +192,17 @@ makeBootImages() { mkisofs -o $TOPDESTPATH/images/boot.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -J -V "$PRODUCT" -T $TOPDESTPATH/images/isopath rm -rf $TOPDESTPATH/images/isopath + # now make a boot pendrive image + mkdir -p $TOPDESTPATH/images/fobpath + dd if=/dev/zero of=$TOPDESTPATH/images/boot.img bs=1M count=6 2>/dev/null + mkdosfs -r 16 -C $TOPDESTPATH/images/boot.img + $SYSLINUX $TOPDESTPATH/images/boot.img + mount %TOPDESTPATH/images/boot.img $TOPDESTPATH/images/fobpath + cp -rl $TOPDESTPATH/isolinux $TOPDESTPATH/images/fobpath + mv $TOPDESTPATH/images/fobpath/isolinux.cfg $TOPDESTPATH/images/fobpath/syslinux.cfg + umount -f $TOPDESTPATH/images/fobpath + rmdir $TOPDESTPATH/images/fobpath + cat > $TOPDESTPATH/images/pxeboot/README <<EOF The files in this directory are useful for booting a machine via PXE. |