Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 11:34:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: henk van der knaap <henkvand@es.co.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re:Making a rescue boot floppy Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905251133160.13061-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905251848190.494-100000@henk>
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On Tue, 25 May 1999, henk van der knaap wrote: > I do apologize for asking the same question two times. But due to an > accident I lost a lot of my mail, so I would like to post the same > question again. > > > 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. > 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? It's an error in the Handbook. Try running it as disklabel -w -B -b /dev/rfd0c fd1440 This will use the default bootblocks (which are in /boot, not /usr/mdec). I'll fix the Handbook. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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