From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 15 09:40:30 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id JAA29095 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 15 Jun 1995 09:40:30 -0700 Received: from whisker.internet-eireann.ie (whisker.internet-eireann.ie [194.9.34.204]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA29083 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 1995 09:40:27 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whisker.internet-eireann.ie (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA02210; Thu, 15 Jun 1995 17:39:29 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: whisker.internet-eireann.ie: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: "Christoph P. Kukulies" cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: new install scripts (where?) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 15 Jun 1995 16:54:57 +0200." <199506151454.QAA26999@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 17:39:29 +0100 Message-ID: <2208.803234369@whisker.internet-eireann.ie> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > Presently it seems to be difficult to get a custom kernel > onto an install floppy (boot.flp). OTOH I don't see the > install scripts from boot.flp somewhere (/usr/src/etc/etc.i386 > seems to still contain the 1.1.5 install scripts). > > How can I (without intimate knowledge of disk slicing) get a new > disk fdisk'ed with the correct FreeBSD slices without access to > the install scripts? I may consider making available a special install floppy - a floppy with some changes to the sysinstall menus for greater "granularity" in the commands available. You would be able to write out just the MBR, the boot sector, the labels, fsck the filesystems only, make the filesystems only and mount/extract only as independantly selectable options. I was going to do this on my return, but now that I have good connectivity in Ireland again and can make the changes remotely, I may do it a little earlier. No promises yet, but I will at least look into it! Jordan