Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:09:52 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: Jan Knoppers <knoppers@astent.nl> Subject: Re: Handbook 5.3 modifications: prepare floppies & advanced Message-ID: <200410211209.52598.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <000201c4b754$19110c20$9600000a@Desktop> References: <000201c4b754$19110c20$9600000a@Desktop>
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On Thursday 21 October 2004 05:55 am, Jan Knoppers wrote: > On Friday 08 October 2004 02:54 am, spam maps wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Some more differences between for 4.X and from > > 5.3, needs to be clarified in the handbook. > > Below are two such cases. The "-" lines need to > > be removed, the "+" newly added instead. > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > 2.2.7 Prepare the Boot Media > > > > -In most cases you will just need two files, > > -kern.flp and mfsroot.flp. > > > > +In case of 4.X, you will just need two files, > > +kern.flp and mfsroot.flp; since 5.3, you will > > +need three files, boot.flp, kern1.flp and > > +kern2.flp. > > Would it be possible you also describe how to restore the kernX.flp files? > Apparently they produce a couple of kernel.gz.XX files (kernel.gz.aa, > kernel.gz.ab, etc.) Somehow I can't get these restored to a normal kernel. > Gunzip does not recognize them as valid files. You have to cat them all together and then gunzip: cat kernel.gz.aa kernel.gz.ab ... | gunzip > kernel -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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