Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:45:28 -0700 From: "Foster, Jim" <JFOSTER@CSKAUTO.COM> To: "'Alfred Perlstein'" <bright@hotjobs.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Getting to Stable and boot floppies Message-ID: <BF4A830F5207D2119420006008A1DB14DDC412@v128041.vandenberg.af.mil>
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Ahhhh. I think I am beginning to see the light. If I understand what you are saying, I don't need the zipped kernel on the floppy, just the boot loader. (I would guess, perhaps incorrectly, that the loader doesn't change to often and I could continue to use my current boot floppy if need be.) And since I already am booting off of a floppy, I do know what goes into boot.conf for my system. Thanks a lot. Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Alfred Perlstein [SMTP:bright@hotjobs.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 11:38 AM > To: Foster, Jim > Cc: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' > Subject: RE: Getting to Stable and boot floppies > > > On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Foster, Jim wrote: > > > Alfred, > > > > I am looking just for a boot floppy, not an install floppy. And, if it > > makes a difference, I am just using it to boot-strap to my disk > > installation. > > newfs a floppy: > > newfs -T fd1440 fd0 > > install the loader: > > disklabel -B -b /boot/boot1 -s /boot/boot2 /dev/fd0 > > edit "boot.conf" on the floppy to be: (mount the floppy) > > boot 0:wd(0,a)kernel > > i'm unsure of that last line, try it without the "boot" string if it > misbehaves. > > You will have to replace the "0:wd(0,a)kernel" with what you need, for > more hints try "man boot" and "more /boot.help" > > Then you can have a floppy that boots a kernel off a different disk. > > -Alfred > > btw, kzip works as follows: > cp /kernel <directory where you have write perms> > kzip kernel > > ls -l kernel.kz > > good luck. > > > > > > Since you mentioned the PicoBSD boot disk, does this mean that my > existing > > FreeBSD Release floppy would work too? Do I need to keep my boot floppy > in > > sync with my installation? > > You shouldn't unless changes are made to the kernel that make it > incompat with your boot disk's floppies, at that point you will > have to issue the: disklabel -B -b /boot/boot1 -s /boot/boot2 > /dev/fd0 command again. > > > > > With kzip, I did not see on the man page on how to specify what kernel > file > > to use. This seems to imply to me that it zips the "current" kernel, > not > > necessarily one that is yet to be installed. If this is the case it > appears > > that I have a catch-22. I can't make the boot floppy until I reboot, I > > can't reboot until I make the floppy. > > read above. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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