Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:55:29 +0200 From: Jan Knoppers <knoppers@astent.nl> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Handbook 5.3 modifications: prepare floppies & advanced Message-ID: <000201c4b754$19110c20$9600000a@Desktop>
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On Friday 08 October 2004 02:54 am, spam maps wrote: > Hi, > > Some more differences between for 4.X and from > 5.3, needs to be clarified in the handbook. > Below are two such cases. The "-" lines need to > be removed, the "+" newly added instead. > > ------------------------------------------------ > > 2.2.7 Prepare the Boot Media > > -In most cases you will just need two files, > -kern.flp and mfsroot.flp. > > +In case of 4.X, you will just need two files, > +kern.flp and mfsroot.flp; since 5.3, you will > +need three files, boot.flp, kern1.flp and > +kern2.flp. Would it be possible you also describe how to restore the kernX.flp files? Apparently they produce a couple of kernel.gz.XX files (kernel.gz.aa, kernel.gz.ab, etc.) Somehow I can't get these restored to a normal kernel. Gunzip does not recognize them as valid files. Best regards, Jan Knoppers
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