Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:36:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Sumantro Ray <sray@cs.sunysb.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting freebsd from a floppy Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904121135220.3957-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.990410202144.16241A-100000@sbcube21>
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On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Sumantro Ray wrote: > I recently installed freebsd on an IBM-PS/1 machine. I have the src files > for freebsd, and have compiled them on the machine. I would like to know > if there is a way to copy the kernel image on a floppy and have the system > to boot from the floppy. Well, if you can fit the kernel on the floppy, I suggest making an install boot floppy, mounting it, removing all the files, then copy your kernel onto it. There's a Handbook entry on this sort of thing at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/; don't ask me what section :) Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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