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Date:      Thu, 23 Jan 1997 11:33:49 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com>
Cc:        Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.com>
Subject:   Re: How to create a bootbale floppy for emerginces?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970123113325.6018I-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199701231604.LAA29634@netcom16.netcom.com>

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On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Stan Brown wrote:

> 
> 
> 	i thought that I could gab the fixit/flp image and dd it to a diks to
> 	create an emergency backup boot floppy. 
> 
> 	However this doesn't seem to work. When I try to boot from this floppy
> 	the system just goes into an infinite rety loop.

The fixit floppy starts from the install floppy.  Boot the boot floppy,
then select the 'fixit' option.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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