Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 17:57:02 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Foster, Jim" <JFOSTER@CSKAUTO.COM> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Getting to Stable and boot floppies Message-ID: <199811250157.RAA02454@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 24 Nov 1998 10:18:08 MST." <BF4A830F5207D2119420006008A1DB14DDC40F@v128041.vandenberg.af.mil>
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> Hi all, > > I am trying to work my way from 2.2.7-Release to 2.2.7-Stable. While most > of my questions were answered by the folks over on FreeBSD-stable, one very > important question (at least to me) was left unanswered. > > I need to boot my machine from a floppy, but I can't seem to find out where > the floppy image will be at to rebuild the disk. Will it be a single file > like boot.flp, or will it be a set of files that need to be installed? I > assume that it will be made after the kernel is re-built. Is that a correct > assumption? Do you boot the kernel off the floppy, or just use the floppy bootblocks? If the latter, there's nothing you need to change. If the former, then you'll need to copy a new kernel onto the floppy as well. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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