Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:18:33 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: shellis@fda.net Cc: FreeBSD-Stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot.flp and boot floppies Message-ID: <199903232218.OAA00879@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:19:28 PST." <36F7E940.E0870A1F@fda.net>
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If you install the new (4.x) bootblocks on all your setups, you can actually boot directly from disk without needing any floppies at all. > Because I have several hard drives with several versions of FreeBSD for > experimental purposes I use boot floppies for better control. I am > having a problem with revision 3.1 because I cannot create a boot floppy > on an ordinary 1.4 MB set of floppies. The floppy image is about 2.9 > MB, and of course will not fit on a single floppy. When I use fdimage, > I immediately get a diagnostic reminding me of this. > > Is there a version of fdimage or other utility that is built to split up > the boot disk into 2 usable floppies? > > I contacted the technical support line, and they said that this was a > new question to which they did not have an answer. They suggested that > I mail you. > > I am writing an article on using FreeBSD for our scientific software Web > page to entice people to try FreeBSD, along with some other promotional > efforts I am trying for FreeBSD. > > Thanks for your kind attention and a wonderful operating system. > > Best regards, > Steve Ellis > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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