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Date:      Tue, 16 Oct 2001 21:59:58 -0700
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>
To:        rajesh sb <rajeshsb@india.hp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to create bootable floppy.
Message-ID:  <20011016215958.Q4437@blossom.cjclark.org>
In-Reply-To: <002901c156c5$9589b2e0$482e0a0f@india.hp.com>; from rajeshsb@india.hp.com on Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 10:08:34AM %2B0530
References:  <002901c156c5$9589b2e0$482e0a0f@india.hp.com>

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On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 10:08:34AM +0530, rajesh sb wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> How to create bootable floppy for FreeBSD 4.3.

  # disklabel -w -B /dev/fd0 fd1440

Another somewhat easier option is to take an image of a boot floppy
you already have (kern.flp or fixit.flp for example),

  # dd if=kern.flp of=/dev/fd0

Clear off the existing files, and put whatever you want on it.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                     |     cjclark@alum.mit.edu
                                   |     cjclark@jhu.edu
http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/    |     cjc@freebsd.org

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