Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 11:38:14 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MBR got hosed! Message-ID: <15213.30326.292380.270266@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <16452138@toto.iv>
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Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> types: > What I'd like to know is if there is any possibility of getting a > FreeBSD disk that boots and can fdisk the MBR? I know the code is out > there, but can it all get stuck in one floppy? Sure. You just need a bootable 2.88M floppy drive. If you only have 1.44M floppies, you need two disks. One is kern.flp from the installation disks. For the other, use fixit.flp, and add fdisk to the /bin directory. There may not be room, in which case choose something to delete. Alternatively, you can use the fixit cdrom from the distribution, which already has fdisk on it. If you have to have it on one floppy, there was a time when FBSD could be installed from one floppy. You'll have to go back to that version and build it. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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