Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 09:52:31 -0400 From: Brendan McAlpine <bmcalpine@macconnect.com> To: Joe Joplin <joejop@triad.rr.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Creating a FreeBSD boot floppy for a failed machine Message-ID: <B9599D5F.18E02%bmcalpine@macconnect.com> In-Reply-To: <021c01c22cb6$3537baf0$2201a8c0@2kpro2>
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Chapter 5 of the handbook has step by step instructions on how to do this from a windows machine and a unix machine. Chapter 12 has the commands for booting into single user mode. Brendan > From: "Joe Joplin" <joejop@triad.rr.com> > Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 06:47:40 -0400 > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Subject: Creating a FreeBSD boot floppy for a failed machine > > I am trying to create a boot floppy that I can use to boot a machine that > has failed. Once I boot off the floppy I want to mount the hard drive(s) > and move any data from the machine to another machine on the network. I > tried searching for some information on how to do this, but I was > overwhelmed with creating the installation floppies in my search. I did see > the commands to boot FreeBSD after booting from a DOS floppy (nb8390.com and > nb3c509.com.), but this will not give the support I need for all the > different hardware. If anyone could lead me to some information on how to > do this I would appreciate it. > > Joe > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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