Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files. =================================================================== RCS file: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/BUILDING,v rcsdiff: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/BUILDING,v: warning: Unknown phrases like `commitid ...;' are present. retrieving revision 1.63 retrieving revision 1.64 diff -u -p -r1.63 -r1.64 --- src/BUILDING 2007/08/30 00:35:11 1.63 +++ src/BUILDING 2007/08/30 10:29:02 1.64 @@ -527,6 +527,34 @@ BUILDING ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools. + iso-image-source + Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the + RELEASEDIR/iso directory. The CD-ROM file system will have + a layout as described in release(7). It will have top + level directories for the machine type and source. + + For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and + will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa- + tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a + NetBSD system. Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that + may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation. + + Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR + must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva- + lent. + + Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in + the RELEASEDIR/MACHINE/installation/cdrom directory by + ``make release''. These smaller images usually contain the + same tools as the larger images in RELEASEDIR/iso, but do + not contain additional content such as the distribution + sets. + + Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of + creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) util- + ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be + installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools. + regression-tests Can only be run after building the regression tests in the directory ``regress''. Runs the compiled regression tests @@ -771,4 +799,4 @@ HISTORY BUGS A few platforms are not yet using this build system. -NetBSD April 13, 2007 NetBSD +NetBSD August 30, 2007 NetBSD