Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:12:50 -0700 From: "Foster, Jim" <JFOSTER@CSKAUTO.COM> To: "'Alfred Perlstein'" <bright@hotjobs.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Getting to Stable and boot floppies Message-ID: <BF4A830F5207D2119420006008A1DB14DDC411@v128041.vandenberg.af.mil>
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Alfred, I am looking just for a boot floppy, not an install floppy. And, if it makes a difference, I am just using it to boot-strap to my disk installation. Since you mentioned the PicoBSD boot disk, does this mean that my existing FreeBSD Release floppy would work too? Do I need to keep my boot floppy in sync with my installation? With kzip, I did not see on the man page on how to specify what kernel file to use. This seems to imply to me that it zips the "current" kernel, not necessarily one that is yet to be installed. If this is the case it appears that I have a catch-22. I can't make the boot floppy until I reboot, I can't reboot until I make the floppy. Thanks for the info so far. Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Alfred Perlstein [SMTP:bright@hotjobs.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 10:54 AM > To: Foster, Jim > Cc: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' > Subject: Re: Getting to Stable and boot floppies > > > Please don't cc to multiple lists, especially ones you aren't subscribed > to. > > Anyhow... > > I think what you mean is "Where are my install floppies?" well, the > install floppis aren't built unless you do a "make release" in the top of > the source tree. This takes a long time depending on your processor and > requires something outrageous like 600megs of disk (well not that bad, but > for some people it is) > > What i suggest is downloading a -stable "SNAP" you can get them from both > ftp.freebsd.org and ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ those > directories have boot floppies in them as well as the binaries for a > -stable install from the date encoded in the directory name. > > Please don't flame me if the boot floppies got easier to make in the last > month as i havne't seen any anouncements. :) > > If you just want a FreeBSD boot floppy and not an install disk, look at > PicoBSD i think it's in -stable as well as -current, you also have the > option of using kzip to fit a kernel onto a floppy and using disklabel to > make that floppy bootable. > > Alfred Perlstein - Programmer, HotJobs Inc. - www.hotjobs.com > -- There are operating systems, and then there's FreeBSD. > -- http://www.freebsd.org/ 3.0-current > > On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Foster, Jim wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I am trying to work my way from 2.2.7-Release to 2.2.7-Stable. While > most > > of my questions were answered by the folks over on FreeBSD-stable, one > very > > important question (at least to me) was left unanswered. > > > > I need to boot my machine from a floppy, but I can't seem to find out > where > > the floppy image will be at to rebuild the disk. Will it be a single > file > > like boot.flp, or will it be a set of files that need to be installed? > I > > assume that it will be made after the kernel is re-built. Is that a > correct > > assumption? > > > > Thanks, and please be sure to cc directly to me since I don't subscribe > to > > FreeBSD-questions or FreeBSD-hackers because of the volume of mail that > I > > receive. > > > > Jim > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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