Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 17:19:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Wilton Hughes <unixsa@northlink.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HELP I can't create boot floppy--disk full Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.970521162213.23073F-100000@cedb> In-Reply-To: <199705212000.NAA05179@smtp.northlink.com>
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On Wed, 21 May 1997, Wilton Hughes wrote: > > Please post your kernel config file and an ls -l of the resulting > > MINI kernel. > I can't see what good this will do you as I have never attempted to > use the kernel. It is of course one of the files I copy to the boot > floppy. However, since you asked for it, here it is: > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 625984 May 8 07:38 MINI Just wanted to see how big the resulting kernel was, you are running out of room after all :) Mine is 634770 and it fits, it's tight but it does fit # cd /mnt # du 2 ./dev/fd 67 ./dev 315 ./bin 884 ./sbin 68 ./etc 2 ./root 1 ./mnt 1 ./tmp 1 ./var 2588 . # df /mnt Filesystem 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/fd0a 2719 2588 -4 100% /mnt # Methinks you must be making a typo when following/entering the script from the handbook. One that I think I saw was that you were copying MINI to the floppy, you need to copy /sys/compile/MINI/kernel /mnt/kernel Won't affect the room but it would keep it from booting. Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82help
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