Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:17:25 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting from floppy to install 8.1 Message-ID: <20100729091725.GD17153@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <4c5132b4.iGhnhIFH2rFImSpc%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4c5132b4.iGhnhIFH2rFImSpc%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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--P+33d92oIH25kiaB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:50:12AM -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > I'm trying to solve a chicken-egg problem. <snip> > Is there a reasonable way to build the proper boot/loader file for > an 8.1 boot floppy using a 6.x or 7.x system? Install 8.1 in an emulator like qemu or virtualbox to create the floppy ima= ges? Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --P+33d92oIH25kiaB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkxRRyUACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWgVACgoPMgGES7hrVFgUXRAneVUmRJ t+EAmQE3smcUSl0Codms5VjcBleyDVX6 =DUEV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --P+33d92oIH25kiaB--
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