From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 29 09:17:28 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB477106566C for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:17:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 268B28FC17 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:17:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o6T9HPFh084991; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:17:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9C1BBBAA4; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:17:25 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:17:25 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Message-ID: <20100729091725.GD17153@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <4c5132b4.iGhnhIFH2rFImSpc%perryh@pluto.rain.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="P+33d92oIH25kiaB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4c5132b4.iGhnhIFH2rFImSpc%perryh@pluto.rain.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting from floppy to install 8.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:17:28 -0000 --P+33d92oIH25kiaB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:50:12AM -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > I'm trying to solve a chicken-egg problem. > Is there a reasonable way to build the proper boot/loader file for > an 8.1 boot floppy using a 6.x or 7.x system? Install 8.1 in an emulator like qemu or virtualbox to create the floppy ima= ges? Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --P+33d92oIH25kiaB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkxRRyUACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWgVACgoPMgGES7hrVFgUXRAneVUmRJ t+EAmQE3smcUSl0Codms5VjcBleyDVX6 =DUEV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --P+33d92oIH25kiaB--