From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 15 08:22:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA03995 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 15 Jul 1997 08:22:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.186.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA03986 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 1997 08:21:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA01372; Tue, 15 Jul 1997 08:21:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 08:21:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Sudhat Shukl cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel+FS on Floppy In-Reply-To: <199707151232.FAA27024@f38.hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Sudhat Shukl wrote: > I was working from last three months on freebsd system. > Now, I want to generate a floppy (1.44MB) having kernel and root file > system in compressed form. the root file system should be mounted on > ram disk. Whole this stuff will take less than 1.44Mb disk space. > Can you help me to generate a floppy of my specs? What you're probably wanting to do is much like the install floppy -- have a compressed kernel + root filesystem. For this, you'll have to peek through the 'make release' mechanism available from the src/release package. For something a bit simpler, check out handbook section 10.5.9.5 (?). This explains how to make an emergency boot floppy, and you may be able to apply that to your situation. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo