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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
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