HOWTO

   1
   2 FreeBSD LiveCD
   3 ---------------
   4
   5 # Extract FreeBSD world
   6
   7 mkdir livecd
   8 cd livecd
   9 tar xvJf freebsd_world.tar.xz
  10
  11 cat >boot/loader.conf <<EOF
  12 boot_cdrom="YES"
  13 autoboot_delay="-1"
  14 EOF
  15
  16 # Configure system
  17
  18 cat >etc/fstab <<EOF
  19 /dev/cd0        /               cd9660          ro              0       0
  20 md              /mnt/etc        mfs             rw,-s8m,-S      2       0
  21 md              /mnt/root       mfs             rw,-s8m,-S      2       0
  22 /mnt/etc        /etc            unionfs         rw              0       0
  23 /mnt/root       /root           unionfs         rw              0       0
  24 EOF
  25
  26 cat >etc/rc.conf <<EOF
  27 root_rw_mount="NO"
  28
  29 hostname="freebsd-livecd"
  30
  31 ifconfig_glc0="SYNCDHCP"
  32
  33 keyrate="fast"
  34 keymap="us.iso"
  35 #keymap="fr.iso"
  36 #keymap="german.iso"
  37 scrnmap="NO"
  38 font8x16="iso15-8x16"
  39 font8x14="iso15-8x14"
  40 font8x8="iso15-8x8"
  41
  42 sshd_enable="YES"
  43
  44 update_motd="NO"
  45 syslogd_enable="NO"
  46 newsyslog_enable="NO"
  47 cron_enable="NO"
  48 hostid_enable="NO"
  49
  50 sendmail_enable="NONE"
  51 sendmail_submit_enable="NO"
  52 sendmail_outbound_enable="NO"
  53 sendmail_msp_queue_enable="NO"
  54
  55 cleanvar_enable="NO"
  56 crashinfo_enable="NO"
  57 virecover_enable="NO"
  58 EOF
  59
  60 # Enable sshd root login and empty passwords
  61
  62 PermitRootLogin yes
  63 PasswordAuthentication yes
  64 PermitEmptyPasswords yes
  65 UsePAM no
  66
  67 # Create ISO image
  68
  69 mkisofs -R -l -ldots -allow-lowercase -allow-multidot \
  70    -V 'PS3 FreeBSD LiveCD' -volset 'PS3 FreeBSD' -hide boot.catalog \
  71    -o ~/freebsd_livecd.iso .