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Date:      Thu, 28 Dec 1995 09:47:58 +0100 (MET)
From:      Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To:        lenzi@cwbtwo.bsi.com.br (Sergio Lenzi)
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: make boot floppy.
Message-ID:  <199512280847.JAA19910@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951228001538.4443A-100000@cwbtwo> from "Sergio Lenzi" at Dec 28, 95 00:20:29 am

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> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Excuse-me for making such a question here at hackers list,
> but I have done in questions list and got no answer...
> 
> problem: I need to make a floppy (boot disk) using the sources,
> I have the source (usr/src) direcory, AS I have seen in the makefiles,
> the command make World wound compile everyting. 
> question: Is it possible to make only the boot floppy without makeing world??
> Is there a road map on how to do it?? Please???
> 
> Sergio de Almeida Lenzi.

Making boot floppies implies making a release (/usr/src/release/Makefile)
which in turn implies make world and lots of other things.
Also (I believe) you need a CVS tree to roll your own release.
As you see, It's not an easy task.

> 
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de



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