Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 17:18:33 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Brian Tao <taob@nbc.netcom.ca> Cc: Stefan Bethke <Stefan.Bethke@Hanse.DE>, FREEBSD-HACKERS <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Creating bootable Syjet install disk Message-ID: <395.883876713@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 03 Jan 1998 19:23:46 EST." <Pine.GSO.3.95.980103191928.26225X-100000@tor-adm1>
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> The Makefile seems to have some floppy-specific lines in it, > although if the bootable CD-ROM is made from the same image, why won't > it work on other types of devices? I mean, if you were to take the > boot.flp kernel file and copy it to your hard drive, would you expect > to be able to boot off of it? You would indeed. I just tried it. :-) If sysinstall ever evolves into something more general, I could even see some value to copying a /kernel.mfs into the new rootfs on installation. Then if you wanted to repair something later and your root fs was still kosher enough to boot the /kernel.mfs, you could do that instead of messing with a boot floppy. Sysinstall is so close to being an effective repair tool *without* the fixit.flp that it's always struck me as a shame that we didn't put in the remaining work to make it so. Then we could eliminate the fixit.flp image entirely and just have the option of booting either the standard boot floppy or CD #1 as the "standard first-aid kit", the 2nd live filesystem CD providing a more complete kit for the serious trauma cases. Most people probably haven't even noticed that then 2nd CD is bootable in 2.2.5 - you can just boot off of it and go straight into the Fixit menu without swapping anything now. Jordan
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