From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Mar 23 11:46:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from i.caniserv.com (i.caniserv.com [139.142.95.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B8ABF1538F for ; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:46:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Darcy@ok-connect.com) Received: (qmail 103 invoked from network); 23 Mar 1999 19:45:57 -0000 Received: from ccliii.caniserv.com (HELO dbitech) (darcyb@139.142.95.253) by 139.142.95.10 with SMTP; 23 Mar 1999 19:45:57 -0000 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19990323114713.025eaec0@mail.ok-connect.com> X-Sender: darcyb@mail.ok-connect.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:47:13 -0800 To: FreeBSD-Stable@FreeBSD.ORG From: Darcy Buskermolen Subject: Re: boot.flp and boot floppies Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG A better option in my opinion would be to store the kernel on the drive and use the boot time options to boot form a specified device, ie: boot: wd(0,a)/kernel or boot: sd(1,a)/kernel >Use kern.flp and mfsroot.flp > >Tom Veldhouse >veldy@visi.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: s >To: FreeBSD-Stable@FreeBSD.ORG >Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 1:21 PM >Subject: boot.flp and boot floppies > > >>Dear Folks, >> >>Because I have several hard drives with several versions of FreeBSD for >>experimental purposes I use boot floppies for better control. I am >>having a problem with revision 3.1 because I cannot create a boot floppy >>on an ordinary 1.4 MB set of floppies. The floppy image is about 2.9 >>MB, and of course will not fit on a single floppy. When I use fdimage, >>I immediately get a diagnostic reminding me of this. >> >>Is there a version of fdimage or other utility that is built to split up >>the boot disk into 2 usable floppies? >> >>I contacted the technical support line, and they said that this was a >>new question to which they did not have an answer. They suggested that >>I mail you. >> >>I am writing an article on using FreeBSD for our scientific software Web >>page to entice people to try FreeBSD, along with some other promotional >>efforts I am trying for FreeBSD. >> >>Thanks for your kind attention and a wonderful operating system. >> >>Best regards, >>Steve Ellis >> >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message >> > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message