Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 17:09:08 -0500 From: masta <diz@linuxpowered.com> To: "Bruce R. Montague" <brucem@mail.cruzio.com> Cc: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pico-BSD: HD-install Message-ID: <409FFD84.8060903@linuxpowered.com> In-Reply-To: <200405101456.i4AEuQxg000218@mail.cruzio.com> References: <200405101456.i4AEuQxg000218@mail.cruzio.com>
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Howdy, To this end, I would also mention the example menu.4th code is the shared docs. You could have a nice loader menu to select with kernel, or root filesystem image to boot with. -Jon Bruce R. Montague wrote: > Marcus Mundt asked: > > > I'm trying to set up a client working with PicoBSD. It should support many > > NICs and have at least telnet on it. I would like to know if it is possible > > to get PicoBSD on HD an boot it from there, perhaps with altered startup. > > Yes, you can do this, essentially trivially. Just copy >the picobsd kernel (the uncompressed kernel image, not >floppy image that contains the compressed kernel image). >Put the picobsd kernel anyplace that you would boot a >FreeBSD kernel. Boot it the same way you would boot >a FreeBSD kernel. > > In the "build_dir-YOURCONF" subdirectory of your picobsd >configuration directory, you will find the picobsd kernel, >named "kernel". Copy it to the "/" dir of the disk from >which you want to boot it... if you need to experiment in >a fast cycle, on a development machine, just copy and >rename the picobsd kernel and reboot the system, running >the new kernel as you would an alternate kernel: > > #cd YOURCONF > #cp kernel /picokernel > > #shutdown -r now > > space-bar > > OK > unload > OK > load /picokernel > OK > boot > > > > - bruce >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-small@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-small >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-small-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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