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- From: david@mlb.geomechanics.csiro.au (David Le Blanc)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: Compiling 386bsd-0.1 on < 40Meg ( I've done it)
- Message-ID: <david.715219959@mlb.geomechanics.csiro.au>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 00:12:39 GMT
- References: <colin.715158768@marsh> <1992Aug30.210015.22769@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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- terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:
-
- >In article <colin.715158768@marsh> colin@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Colin Manning) writes:
- >> Now that I've compiled the kernel, how do I make a bootable floppy?
-
- > I need to put this in the FAQ. The procedure is as follows:
-
- > Terry Lambert
- > terry_lambert@gateway.novell.com
- > terry@icarus.weber.edu
-
- Your procedure is perfectly good for creating a copy of the dist.fs with
- a new kernel.
-
- As for the more generic question of :How do I make a bootable floppy :-
-
-
- Put the floppy in (say /dev/fd0a) drive a.
- type 'newfs /dev/fd0a floppy'
-
- mount /dev/fd0a /mnt
- copy /.../386bsd /mnt/386bsd
-
- (copy on any other utils you will/may need such as init)
-
- umount /mnt
-
- The trick here is simply that typing 'newfs /dev/fd0a floppy' puts a
- file system on the floppy, and AUTOMATICALLY places boot code on the
- floppy disk. As long as /386bsd exists on the floppy, it will boot!
-
-
- >---
- >Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
- >or previous employers.
- >--
- >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > terry@icarus.weber.edu
- > "I have an 8 user poetic license" - me
- >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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