Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 18:20:01 +1200 (NZST) From: henk van der knaap <henkvand@es.co.nz> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re:Making a rescue boot floppy Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905241755550.5530-100000@henk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9905201915590.492-100000@henk>
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Dear Readers,
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.
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#!/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.
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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
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My e-mail address is as follows: henkvand@es.co.nz
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