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Date:      Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:56:24 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
Cc:        swhite@gov.za, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Custom boot disks 
Message-ID:  <200003301756.JAA00391@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 30 Mar 2000 02:08:06 PST." <94087.954410886@zippy.cdrom.com> 

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> > I have several systems with broken PCI chipsets that I need to upgrade to
> > 3.4-R from 2.2.7-R. I've patched 'pcibus.c' to fix the problem on these
> > systems (reversed the config mode probe order) but now I need to build
> > boot/install stiffies to get these machines up and running. Is there any
> > quick/simple way to do this without going through a 'make release'
> > process?
> 
> Just make a kernel and make sure you keep "options MFS" and "options
> MFS_ROOT" in there.  Then whap it over the kernel on kern.flp, which
> you can mount as a normal floppy.

Don't forget to gzip it first, as it probably won't fit otherwise.

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\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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