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- From: gday@ignatz.inde.bc.ca (Gordon Day)
- Subject: Re: Creating 386BSD bootable using a SUN
- References: <1992Nov11.162225.20510@sunova.ssc.gov>
- <1992Nov13.073633.8338@autelca.ascom.ch>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 19:22:28 GMT
- Organization: INDE Electronics, Inc.
- Sender: news@inde.bc.ca
- In-Reply-To: nbladt@autelca.ascom.ch's message of Fri, 13 Nov 1992 07:36:33 GMT
- Message-ID: <GDAY.92Nov13112228@ignatz.inde.bc.ca>
- Lines: 35
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- > In article <1992Nov13.073633.8338@autelca.ascom.ch> nbladt@autelca.ascom.ch (Norbert Bladt) writes:
- >
- > % rich@catalpa.ssc.gov (Rich Verdier CAD) writes:
- > %
- > % I am trying to create the Tiny 386BSD bootable floppy after down
- > % loading the dist.fs file to my SUN.
- > %
- > % What is the approach now to create the floppy, the
- > % existing FAQ that Ihave acquired is unclear and the INSTALL.NOTES
- > % doesn't have pertinent info.
- >
- > I did not try it, but the following should work, if you have a 3.5 floppy drive
- > on your Sparcstation (don't know much about the 3/x0, although it should work
- > an any UN*X system).
- >
- > Just use "cp" to write the file to the floppy device /dev/fd0.
- > If that fails, try "dd if=dist.fs of=/dev/fd0".
- > That's about it.
-
- Actually, you will _have_ to use the dd command (cp requires a file
- system :-). Be prepared to wait quite a while, however (e.g. 3-5
- minutes).
-
- Ta,
-
- Gordon.
-
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