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From: Jim Brown <jpb@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net>
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Subject: Re: Creating a bootable FreeBSD kernel image?
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* Andrew P. Lentvorski <bsder@mail.allcaps.org> [2002-09-02 20:45]:
> How do I create a bootable FreeBSD image?  For example, if I wanted to
> boot the kernel off of a floopy (yes, I know that the FreeBSD kernel is
> larger than 1.44MB) but mount root, swap, etc. off of hard drives?
> 
> In Linux, the magic command is something like "make bzdisk" which will
> create a bootable floopy with the kernel on it.  I don't know the
> corresponding magic from "make buildkernel" in FreeBSD, however.
> 
> Thanks,
> -a
> 

Creating a bootable CD is more useful- see a partial description
of creating a bootable CD in the handbook at:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-cds.html

There are also more references to this topic in the mail archives.

HTH,
jpb
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