Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 10:16:03 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Hittinger <bugs@ns1.win.net> To: current@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Repair floppies - what should we have? (fwd) Message-ID: <199503081516.KAA11626@ns1.win.net>
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> > Remounting of a different floppy on the same drive doesn't work, so the > prompt would have to be given before mounting root. > On another platform that had two floppies I was able to construct a recovery floppy pair. One had the kernel, /dev, and enough to mount the other floppy. The second floppy had the other goodies. > > >Anybody else got ideas? And, how do I persuade something to boot a kernel off > >one floppy and prompt me to insert a root fs? > How about a RAM disk technique? I've used this before on other platforms. Everything could be loaded onto a RAM disk from multiple floppies prior to setting root device. Then you could play WITHOUT the slow floppy access times. This would also be good for making a solid backup of your root partition. Regards, Mark Hittinger bugs@win.net
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