| Message ID | 1421697177-12995-3-git-send-email-nrubinstein@aldebaran.com |
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Hi Noé, On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 8:52 PM, Noé Rubinstein <nrubinstein@aldebaran.com> wrote: > Signed-off-by: Noé Rubinstein <nrubinstein@aldebaran.com> > --- > docs/manual/beyond-buildroot.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/docs/manual/beyond-buildroot.txt b/docs/manual/beyond-buildroot.txt > index b8b1973..d5d7089 100644 > --- a/docs/manual/beyond-buildroot.txt > +++ b/docs/manual/beyond-buildroot.txt > @@ -35,3 +35,29 @@ you should be aware of: > > * Buildroot does not currently provide +host-qemu+ and +binfmt+ > correctly built and set for that kind of use. > + > +==== Live-CD > + > +To build a live-CD image, enable _iso image_ in the _Filesystem images_ menu. > +(This works only on x86 and x86_64.) > + > +You can build a live-CD image with either ISOLINUX or Grub as a bootloader, > +but only ISOLINUX supports using this image with a live-USB drive. > + > +You can test your live-CD image using QEMU: > + > +------------------- > +qemu-system-i386 -cdrom output/images/rootfs.iso9660 > +------------------- > + > +Or use it as a hard-drive image if it is an hybrid ISO: an hybrid --> a hybrid > + > +------------------- > +qemu-system-i386 -hda output/images/rootfs.iso9660 > +------------------- > + > +It can be easily flashed to an USB drive with +dd+: an USB --> a USB Best regards, Thomas
Dear Noé Rubinstein, On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 20:52:57 +0100, Noé Rubinstein wrote: > Signed-off-by: Noé Rubinstein <nrubinstein@aldebaran.com> > --- > docs/manual/beyond-buildroot.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) I've reworded a little bit, mentioned that we supported Grub 2, made it explicit that there is an option to get the Hybrid image functionality, and applied. Thanks! Thomas
diff --git a/docs/manual/beyond-buildroot.txt b/docs/manual/beyond-buildroot.txt index b8b1973..d5d7089 100644 --- a/docs/manual/beyond-buildroot.txt +++ b/docs/manual/beyond-buildroot.txt @@ -35,3 +35,29 @@ you should be aware of: * Buildroot does not currently provide +host-qemu+ and +binfmt+ correctly built and set for that kind of use. + +==== Live-CD + +To build a live-CD image, enable _iso image_ in the _Filesystem images_ menu. +(This works only on x86 and x86_64.) + +You can build a live-CD image with either ISOLINUX or Grub as a bootloader, +but only ISOLINUX supports using this image with a live-USB drive. + +You can test your live-CD image using QEMU: + +------------------- +qemu-system-i386 -cdrom output/images/rootfs.iso9660 +------------------- + +Or use it as a hard-drive image if it is an hybrid ISO: + +------------------- +qemu-system-i386 -hda output/images/rootfs.iso9660 +------------------- + +It can be easily flashed to an USB drive with +dd+: + +------------------- +dd if=output/images/rootfs.iso9660 of=/dev/sdb +-------------------
Signed-off-by: Noé Rubinstein <nrubinstein@aldebaran.com> --- docs/manual/beyond-buildroot.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)