Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 15:33:13 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@unix.tfs.net> To: taob@nbc.netcom.ca (Brian Tao) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Creating bootable Syjet install disk Message-ID: <199801032133.PAA04268@unix.tfs.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.980103101402.26225S-100000@tor-adm1> from Brian Tao at "Jan 3, 98 10:30:35 am"
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In reply: > I want to create a bootable Syjet disk with an install kernel that > sets up root in MFS, goes straight into /stand/sysinstall, etc., etc. > There is enough room on a disk to fit several snapshots of FreeBSD, > the entire packages collection, all ports, XFree86 installation > tarballs, and a boot kernel. > > Copying boot.flp's kernel to the Syjet and booting it doesn't > work. It hangs at the "rootfs is 1440 Kbyte compiled in MFS", just > before /stand/sysinstall runs. wrong approach. you are treating the syjet as if it were a floppy disk. the syjet is a hard disk just like any other, but with one additional feature, it is removable. do a regular install. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+
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