From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 29 22:53:53 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 2DCFD1065675 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:53:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B09AA8FC12 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:53:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm13 with SMTP id 13so645733fxm.13 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:53:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=NWlwBkYvd23mMn+2pJZFG9X5VKc4oN9iUn2oWQffwW8=; b=iBzJa+UObhH1hfWxpBKHQv8CcGshBNAPHHbxAUfqMjsPtK/U+dUsB73qh2vj5RIP0r csGidYQhGuKlnw702LvfbFUig/2DOahqBd6YpovvLu3PGhbmuCTbzNMTX19J7MT8Jiw4 Kp2Mc6cO4wB60F/RxWkkfmjOlH3KJngK+7MAQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=BwHbn3pqs2rFaLIUHDLh7FoPSOhOXutaHWm4r2eqEqzgQh8COhSm4zf0ckTn9x1dM5 8tcEb4H+ZDJfrH1iDxOJFNX5V6kxmv7SubAzUR2esK7P4y8ftsNk702zX4cAMOKorGFG +zKdMWxhv0KUuOtN47dv+GhL7rQrqF3WK/nt8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.186.1 with SMTP id e1mr44935hbh.126.1280444031380; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:53:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.239.163.13 with HTTP; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:53:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100729091725.GD17153@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <4c5132b4.iGhnhIFH2rFImSpc%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20100729091725.GD17153@slackbox.erewhon.net> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:53:51 +0100 Message-ID: From: krad To: Roland Smith Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: perryh@pluto.rain.com, 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 22:53:53 -0000 On 29 July 2010 10:17, Roland Smith wrote: > 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 > images? > > Roland > -- > 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) > as long as the version of the os supports the file system you want and the disk layout eg gpt you in theory can install any version of bsd from any other version of bsd. After all the main os install is just and extract of some tar balls. The only issue I can see might be the boot loader. But then you could chroot into the installed os and use the boot loader from there. I have definately installed a higher version of bsd than berfore but the versions numbers escape me