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From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
Subject: Re: Boot kernel via floppy drive
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> Have most of freeBSD CD-ROM software installed on my PC.  Working OK.  Worried
> about loosing it all if a crash occurs.  
> 
> On page 206 of freeBSD Handbook there is a BOOT procedure  outlined.  It hints
> at being able to boot from a floppy at the (boot :) prompt.  
> 
> Since I spent many weeks getting system to run and the kernel customized, 
> especially with CDROM driver wcd0c included.  
> 
> Can I copy this customized kernel to floppy and boot to it at the "boot :"
> prompt?  If so. .. do format, label, install fs to flooppy? Can this be done?

I understand your concern :-) but I believe it is not possible (to copy 
your kernel to a boot floppy) since the boot floppy contains a special
compressed kernel and a special compression/link mechanism to include
all necessary binaries in one multiply linked file.

You can do if you learn how to build a release (this requires some skill
and a lot of disk space and time).

I would save that kernel to a tar floppy and have a set of boot.flp,
fixit.flp and root.flp around so you can bootstrap yourself in case of
desaster. 

> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Bob Abel
> 
> babel@cais.com 
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de