Date: 06 Mar 2001 00:38:02 +0100 From: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@poboxes.com> To: Virtual Bob <hey9811@yahoo.com> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD-STABLE <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: where's /usr/mdec?? Message-ID: <y9uj23dx.fsf@gits.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Virtual Bob's message of "Sun, 4 Mar 2001 21:08:36 -0600 (CST)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0103042101210.582-100000@jennyn.shadowdale.net>
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Virtual Bob <hey9811@yahoo.com> writes:
> # place boot blocks
> disklabel -w -B -b /usr/mdec/fdboot -s /usr/mdec/bootfd /dev/rfd0 fd1440
just use disklabel -w -B /dev/rfd0 fd1440
disklabel combines /boot/boot1 and /boot/boot2 as they are needed.
man disklabel says :
Installing bootstraps
...
3. Otherwise, the default boot image names are used: /boot/boot1 and
/boot/boot2 for the standard stage1 and stage2 boot images (details
> 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?
/boot/boot0 and /boot/mbr (default) are used by fdisk. the first one
is the BootEasy boot manager while the second one is a standard MS-DOS
like boot manager.
Cyrille.
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