From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 22 07:31:27 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B1B016A4CE for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 07:31:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91DA143F75 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 07:31:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from be-well.no-ip.com ([66.30.200.37]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2003112215312601200mrrice>; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 15:31:26 +0000 Received: by be-well.no-ip.com (Postfix, from userid 1147) id CA9B13A; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 10:31:25 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: "Vahric MUHTARYAN" References: <002501c3afa3$b571a5c0$110d3ad4@VAHOXP> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 22 Nov 2003 10:31:25 -0500 In-Reply-To: <002501c3afa3$b571a5c0$110d3ad4@VAHOXP> Message-ID: <44zneoctde.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Create Boot Disk Like mkbootdisk in Linux .... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 15:31:27 -0000 "Vahric MUHTARYAN" writes: > I'm looking for How can I create boot disk in FreeBSD . I'm not > talking about installation FreeBSD ... I mean When some problems occur I > want to boot FreeBSD from floppy disk ... like Linux mkbootdisk ... > > At this moment I checked kernel file it's too big ( GENERIC 5MB > ) if possible to create boot disk Do FreeBSD have any compression > utility like bzImagedisk in Linux ..... > > if creating boot disk is not possible Do you have any advise ?! The normal install disk with a fixit disk should work fine. No need for anything more specialized.