Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 20:51:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Nathan Melhorn <n_melhor@telebit.com> Cc: FreeBSD help <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Adding devices to boot.flp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960712204950.647D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9606118371.AA837148588@smtpgate.chelmsford.telebit.com>
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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
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