Download Source Package gibraltar-bootcd:
This is the package used by the Gibraltar project to create the initrd images used for booting from CD-ROM or USB sticks. The bootable CD-ROMs or USB mass storage devices are actual live CD-ROMs respective live filesystems. That is, the root file system is the CD-ROM or an image on the USB device, ramdisks are the only things needed for operation without a hard disk. Although a harddisk can be used for e.g. storing log files permanently or when the machine acts as a proxy server.
Given a kernel image and the corresponding modules, it creates a complete boot image that can be written to floppy or be used as El Torito image for a bootable CD-ROM. Additionally, it is possible to create an initrd image to be used on a USB stick (e.g. with syslinux). Upon bootup, the initrd image will try to locate an ATAPI CD-ROM drive or a USB mass storage device. When this does not succeed, it auto-probes for SCSI adapters and tries to locate SCSI drives. It also works when multiple CD-ROM drives are installed in the system by checking if the inserted CD is the correct one for booting.
The package can be of use to developers and packagers who want to create their own bootable, live Debian CD-ROM or bootable, live Debian USB stick. It will probably not be of any use to others.
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| Architecture | Package Size | Installed Size | Files |
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| i386 | 224.4 kB | 512 kB | [list of files] |