Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:27:52 -0600 From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@visi.com> To: <shellis@fda.net>, <FreeBSD-Stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: boot.flp and boot floppies Message-ID: <01d501be7563$3f4b3ca0$236319ac@w142844.carlson.com>
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Use kern.flp and mfsroot.flp Tom Veldhouse veldy@visi.com -----Original Message----- From: s <shellis@fda.net> To: FreeBSD-Stable@FreeBSD.ORG <FreeBSD-Stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 1:21 PM Subject: boot.flp and boot floppies >Dear Folks, > >Because I have several hard drives with several versions of FreeBSD for >experimental purposes I use boot floppies for better control. I am >having a problem with revision 3.1 because I cannot create a boot floppy >on an ordinary 1.4 MB set of floppies. The floppy image is about 2.9 >MB, and of course will not fit on a single floppy. When I use fdimage, >I immediately get a diagnostic reminding me of this. > >Is there a version of fdimage or other utility that is built to split up >the boot disk into 2 usable floppies? > >I contacted the technical support line, and they said that this was a >new question to which they did not have an answer. They suggested that >I mail you. > >I am writing an article on using FreeBSD for our scientific software Web >page to entice people to try FreeBSD, along with some other promotional >efforts I am trying for FreeBSD. > >Thanks for your kind attention and a wonderful operating system. > >Best regards, >Steve Ellis > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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