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From: Ben Hyde <bhyde@pobox.com>
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Subject: How to make boot floppies on a Mac
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If somebody were to ask: 
   Can I make boot floopies on my Mac?

Reply is:

Yes!  It is possible to create FreeBSD boot floopies from
your Macintosh.  How is described on this web page

  ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/macppc/floppy/README.rawdisk

The key portion (slightly revised) is included below .  

  - ben

SunTar can read/write raw data onto disks under
MacOS. You can find it in info-mac archive sites.

Use the "Overwrite..." command.

1. Formatted 2HD floppy with 1.4M DOS format.

2. Opened suntar (I used ver 2.1.4) and chose "Overwrite
   sectors..." in its Special menu(*).

3. Inserted the floppy made in step 1 when "insert the test
   disk" dialog box Appeared.

4. Answerd the question showed in console with hitting
   return key (default is 0) for the start sector.

5. Opened the image file in the appeared dialog box.

6. Quit suntar and rebooted the mac.

* Check "Expert mode" in the Preferences menu to show 
  the Special menu.


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