Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 04:10:51 -0400 From: Jim Brown <jpb@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating a bootable FreeBSD kernel image? Message-ID: <20020903081051.GE94911@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net> In-Reply-To: <20020902174235.B63407-100000@mail.allcaps.org> References: <20020902174235.B63407-100000@mail.allcaps.org>
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* Andrew P. Lentvorski <bsder@mail.allcaps.org> [2002-09-02 20:45]: > How do I create a bootable FreeBSD image? For example, if I wanted to > boot the kernel off of a floopy (yes, I know that the FreeBSD kernel is > larger than 1.44MB) but mount root, swap, etc. off of hard drives? > > In Linux, the magic command is something like "make bzdisk" which will > create a bootable floopy with the kernel on it. I don't know the > corresponding magic from "make buildkernel" in FreeBSD, however. > > Thanks, > -a > Creating a bootable CD is more useful- see a partial description of creating a bootable CD in the handbook at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-cds.html There are also more references to this topic in the mail archives. HTH, jpb === To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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