Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 19:03:14 -0700 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@apc.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 simple questions Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980422190314.0098c810@mail.apc.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980421230034.4884D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> References: <3.0.5.32.19980421141823.00950100@mail.apc.net>
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I need to know how to create a boot disk. Like, how do I create a kernel small enough to fit it and mount, rm, ls, cp, ... on a 1.44MB disk. At 11:01 PM 4/21/98 -0700, you wrote: >On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Dima Dorfman wrote: > >> >> I know these questions are kinda stupid but... >> >> >> >> 1) How do I create a FreeBSD boot disk? I need to change the root password >> >> on a Linux system, and all I need is a working UNIX system that is capable >> >> of mounting ext2fs. >> > >> >I don't think you can use FreeBSD tools to fix Linux passwords, but you >> >can try making a kernel with `options EXT2FS', kzip it, and stick it on a >> >floppy. >> >> I can. I just need to mount the root partition, and get into /etc/passwd. > >Make sure you stick a statically linked editor on there too since you >don't have the linuxulator to run Linux programs with. > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > --- Dima Dorfman (dima@apc.net) "640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 Micro$oft $ucks! FreeBSD Rules! http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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