From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 12 20:51:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA04015 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 20:51:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu ([128.223.186.250]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA04010 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 20:51:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA00682; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 20:51:32 -0700 Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 20:51:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Nathan Melhorn cc: FreeBSD help Subject: Re: Adding devices to boot.flp In-Reply-To: <9606118371.AA837148588@smtpgate.chelmsford.telebit.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Nathan Melhorn wrote: > I was fairly successful adding parallel port IoMega ZipDrive support > to my kernel (access is OK, initial probing takes >1 minute). Now I'd > like to put a FreeBSD distribution on a ZipDisk so I can install it at > home (which only has a 28.8 modem). How would I get the install floppy > so it could read the ZipDisk? I assume that means "making" a boot > disk. Are there simpler/better ways? WHAT?!?!? You have a parallel Zip working? Whoa! What did you do, write a driver? I thought the parallel wasn't supported and wasn't for a very long time. The SCSI works OK. In response to your query, though, building a boot floppy is a long and difficult process, basically requiring one to build the whole release. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major