From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 22 19:08:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA06388 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 22 Apr 1998 19:08:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.apc.net (mail.inhousecorp.com [207.113.177.8] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id CAA06373 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 1998 02:08:22 GMT (envelope-from dima@apc.net) Received: from icg-apc-pr1-p10.apc.net (icg-apc-pr1-p10.apc.net [207.211.76.164]) by mail.apc.net (NTMail 3.03.0013/1d.aag5) with ESMTP id ga819734 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 1998 19:08:02 -0700 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980422190314.0098c810@mail.apc.net> X-Sender: dima@mail.apc.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 19:03:14 -0700 To: Doug White From: Dima Dorfman Subject: Re: 2 simple questions Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.5.32.19980421141823.00950100@mail.apc.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I need to know how to create a boot disk. Like, how do I create a kernel small enough to fit it and mount, rm, ls, cp, ... on a 1.44MB disk. At 11:01 PM 4/21/98 -0700, you wrote: >On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Dima Dorfman wrote: > >> >> I know these questions are kinda stupid but... >> >> >> >> 1) How do I create a FreeBSD boot disk? I need to change the root password >> >> on a Linux system, and all I need is a working UNIX system that is capable >> >> of mounting ext2fs. >> > >> >I don't think you can use FreeBSD tools to fix Linux passwords, but you >> >can try making a kernel with `options EXT2FS', kzip it, and stick it on a >> >floppy. >> >> I can. I just need to mount the root partition, and get into /etc/passwd. > >Make sure you stick a statically linked editor on there too since you >don't have the linuxulator to run Linux programs with. > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > --- Dima Dorfman (dima@apc.net) "640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 Micro$oft $ucks! FreeBSD Rules! http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message