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Subject: Re: amd64/67745: boot fails on compaq presario r3000z
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 >Working ISO is a bit harder to build on the fly.  It could be done 
 >though by compiling a GENERIC kernel, then fetching an ISO, using 
 >mdconfig to mount it, then build a new ISO but setup the new kernel to 
 >replace the one on the ISO.  I don't have a bunch of spare time to do 
 >that atm, can someone test it w/o requiring an ISO?

I was wondering a while back if it was possible to net boot off of some 
sort of fixit floppy image (possibly after cross-building it from -i386).

Andrew Lankford