Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:53:24 -0700 From: Henrik W Lund <henrik.w.lund@broadpark.no> To: Matthew Crowe <flint@virtualflu.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newfs_msdos bootstrap file Message-ID: <41328894.7010409@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <4130EBB7.9090309@virtualflu.com> References: <4130EBB7.9090309@virtualflu.com>
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Matthew Crowe wrote: > Hi All, > > In the newfs_msdos(8) man page, there is a -B option to add a > bootstrap from a file. How do you generate this bootstrap? > > I wanted to make a FAT32 filesystem that Windows or Dos could boot, > from freebsd. Newfs_msdos creates the filesystem just fine.. it just > won't boot anything :) > > Thanks, > Matt Greetings! Have you tried the file /boot/mbr or even /boot/boot0? These files are "boot code", so why not try them? I may be totally off here, but hey - nothing ventured, nothing gained, eh? ;-) -Henrik W Lund
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