Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 11:43:32 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Jason Wells <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Making a boot floppy Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970220114247.15253I-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <330BF8B3.7358@u.washington.edu>
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On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Jason Wells wrote: > newfs -B the disk with out setting -s -b args. This puts the boot > blocks from /usr/mdec on the floppy right? > > mounted floppy successfully. > > copied /kernel to the floppy succesfully. > > made a miniscule tree on the floppy including /sbin/init /etc/rc > /etc/ttys /dev/console /dev/ttyv1 /dev/ttyv2 > > REBOOT resulting in no kernel panic (yaaahoo) but resulting in system > hang (boohoo) Missing /bin/sh? This should be started with the -s option anytime you use it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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