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 1.59.2.1 retrieving revision 1.59.2.2 diff -u -p -r1.59.2.1 -r1.59.2.2 --- src/BUILDING 2007/04/16 19:46:55 1.59.2.1 +++ src/BUILDING 2007/04/16 19:52:26 1.59.2.2 @@ -517,12 +517,30 @@ BUILDING described by release(7). This requires that RELEASEDIR be set (see above). - iso-image Create a CD-ROM image in - RELEASEDIR/MACHINE/installation/cdrom. RELEASEDIR must - already have been populated by ``make release'' or equiva- - lent. This requires the mkisofs(1) utility, which is not - part of NetBSD, but which can be installed from - pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools. + iso-image 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). + + 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'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be + populated by ``make release'' or equivalent. + + 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 @@ -755,7 +773,7 @@ OBSOLETE VARIABLES TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes. SEE ALSO - make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), + make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8), pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools HISTORY @@ -765,4 +783,4 @@ HISTORY BUGS A few platforms are not yet using this build system. -NetBSD March 27, 2007 NetBSD +NetBSD April 13, 2007 NetBSD