From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 25 0:55:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from volodya.prime.net.ua (volodya.prime.net.ua [195.64.229.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 170EE153AD for ; Tue, 25 May 1999 00:55:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andyo@prime.net.ua) Received: from prime.net.ua (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by volodya.prime.net.ua (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA11319; Tue, 25 May 1999 00:45:47 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from andyo@prime.net.ua) Message-ID: <3749C889.371AF496@prime.net.ua> Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 00:45:46 +0300 From: "Andy V. Oleynik" Organization: M-Info X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.2-BETA i386) X-Accept-Language: ru, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: henk van der knaap Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Making a rescue boot floppy References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG volodya# cd /usr/mdec volodya# mc volodya# ls -al * -r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 512 22 ÉÀÌ 1998 boot1 -r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 7136 22 ÉÀÌ 1998 boot2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 5 12 ÑÎ× 20:39 bootfd -> boot2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 5 12 ÑÎ× 20:39 bootod -> boot2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 5 12 ÑÎ× 20:39 bootsd -> boot2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 5 12 ÑÎ× 20:39 bootvn -> boot2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 5 12 ÑÎ× 20:39 bootwd -> boot2 -r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 22487 22 ÉÀÌ 1998 fbsdboot.exe lrwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 5 12 ÑÎ× 20:39 fdboot -> boot1 -r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 14832 22 ÉÀÌ 1998 nb3c509.com -r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 16384 22 ÉÀÌ 1998 nb3c509.rom -r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 14640 22 ÉÀÌ 1998 nb8390.com -r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 16384 22 ÉÀÌ 1998 nb8390.rom lrwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 5 12 ÑÎ× 20:39 odboot -> boot1 -r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 8192 22 ÉÀÌ 1998 rawboot lrwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 5 12 ÑÎ× 20:39 sdboot -> boot1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 5 12 ÑÎ× 20:39 vnboot -> boot1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 5 12 ÑÎ× 20:39 wdboot -> boot1 henk van der knaap wrote: > Dear Readers, > > I do apologize for asking the same question two times. But due to an > accident I lost a lot of my mail, so I would like to post the same > question again. > > I am trying to make a rescue floppy for my FreeBSD 3.1 system. I have been > using the guidelines in the FreeBSD handbook. I used the example script as > given for creating a bootable floppy. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > #!/bin/sh > # > # create a restore floppy > # > # format the floppy > # > PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > > fdformat -q fd0 > if [ $? -ne 0 ] > then > echo "Bad floppy, please use a new one" > exit 1 > fi > > # place boot blocks on the floppy > # > disklabel -w -B -b /usr/mdec/fdboot -s /usr/mdec/bootfd /dev/rfd0c fd1440 > > # > # newfs the one and only partition > # > newfs -t 2 -u 18 -l 1 -c 40 -i 5120 -m 5 -o space /dev/rfd0a > > etc. etc. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > I have problems with the following line: > > > disklabel -w -B -b /usr/mdec/fdboot -s /usr/mdec/bootfd /dev/rfd0c fd1440 > > I do not exactly understand what it means. I get an error messages that > /usr/medec/fdboot cannot be found. What is fdboot or bootfd? > > Could somebody please tell me what is going on here?? > > Many thanks. > > Henk > > Henk van der Knaap, > 92 Halswell Junction Road, > Christchurch, New Zealand. > Phone/fax 64 3 3229185 > > Operating system is FreeBSD 3.1 > =================================================== > My e-mail address is as follows: henkvand@es.co.nz > =================================================== > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- WBW Andy V. Oleynik (When U work in virtual office U have good chance to obtain virtual money ö%-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message