Date: Tue, 31 Oct 95 14:06:52 EST From: lmcerpr@lmc.ericsson.se (Eric Primeau) To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Boot from floppy Message-ID: <9510311906.AA05500@egg.lmc.ericsson.se>
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Hi everyone, As you know, I'm having problems booting from hard disk. I am considering an alternative and I'd need your opinion. After installation of FreeBSD 2.0.5, I have access to a shell and I can type unix commands, etc. (FreeBSD *is* there!) Is it possible to create a floppy disk that I could boot from? (The installation floppy works fine, except that unfortunately the kernel on it goes straight into installation mode.) So here are my 2 questions: 1) Is it possible to use my current installation floppy and somehow stop it before it goes into the installation menu yet remain in unix (which is already installed on my disk). 2) Is it possible to create a boot floppy? If yes, can you either refer me to a FAQ document explaining this or can you tell me how to: format a floppy for unix, construct a "gzip cpio file" of the kernel, etc and so forth??? THANKS A MILLION! /Eric would-be-freebsd-user ======================================================== Eric PRIMEAU lmcerpr@lmc.ericsson.se Software Engineer (514) 738-8300 x2371 Ericsson Research Inc. Montreal (Qc) Canada ========================================================
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