Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 21:08:36 -0600 (CST) From: Virtual Bob <hey9811@yahoo.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: where's /usr/mdec?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0103042101210.582-100000@jennyn.shadowdale.net> In-Reply-To: <200103050223.f252Noj26194@mass.dis.org>
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> > I'm trying to make a bootable floppy, and, well, docs left and right > > reference this /usr/mdec. Anyway, on my 3.5-stable, it's empty; and on my > > 4.2-stable /usr/mdec is totally absent. > > > > So exactly how do I get the contents to /usr/mdec? > > You don't. /usr/mdec has been deprecated for several years. > > What documentation are you reading that points you there? Most of what > used to be there is now in /boot. Dang. Didn't know that. I searched Yahoo to see what ways are there to create bootable FreeBSD diskettes. BUnch of hits came up. For example, one says: # format floppy fdformat fd0 # place boot blocks disklabel -w -B -b /usr/mdec/fdboot -s /usr/mdec/bootfd /dev/rfd0 fd1440 # newfs & partition newfs -t... # mount floppy & create directories mount... ...And so on. I sure scratched my oh-so-short beard trying to figure out how to get /usr/mdec/*. I see boot0, boot1, and that humongous boot2 in /boot. How do I use those? Or has everything changed in regard to make a bootable floppy? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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