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ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
install-image Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the
install-image
Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the
RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/installimage
directory. The bootable installation disk image is
suitable to USB flash memory sticks etc. for machines which
may support boot from such USB devices. File system in the
bootable disk image will have a layout as described in
release(7).
directory. The installation disk image is suitable for
copying to bootable USB flash memory sticks, etc., for
machines which are able to boot from such devices. The
file system in the bootable disk image will have a layout
as described in release(7).
The installation image is bootable, and will automatically
run the sysinst(8) menu-based installation program, which
can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system.
Bootable installation images also contain tools that may be
useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system. The
image also contains tools that may be useful in repairing a
damaged NetBSD installation.
Before ``make install-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must
be populated by ``make release'' or equivalent and
RELEASEDIR binaries must be built with ``MKUNPRIVED=yes''
to refer permission information from specfiles.
be populated by ``make release'' or equivalent. The build
must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make
install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
live-image Create NetBSD live images in the
RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/liveimage
directory. The live image contains all necessary files
to boot NetBSD upto multi user mode, including all files
which should be extracted during installation, NetBSD
disklabel, and bootloaders etc.
RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/liveimage direc-
tory. The live image contains all necessary files to boot
NetBSD up to multi-user mode, including all files which
should be extracted during installation, NetBSD disklabel,
bootloaders, etc.
The live image is suitable for misc emulators like QEMU,
and also usuful to try NetBSD on real machines with USB
flash memory sticks without installation.
The live image is suitable for use as a disk image in vir-
tual machine environments such as QEMU, and also useful to
boot NetBSD from a USB flash memory stick on a real
machine, without the need for installation.
Before ``make live-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
populated by ``make release'' or equivalent and RELEASEDIR
binaries must be built with ``MKUNPRIVED=yes'' to refer
permission information from specfiles.
populated by ``make release'' or equivalent The build must
have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make
install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
regression-tests
Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
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iso-image-source
Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
install-image Perform ``make install-image''.
install-image
Perform ``make install-image''.
live-image Perform ``make live-image''.