Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 02:58:55 +0200 (MET DST) From: Joachim Kuebart <joa@delos.stuttgart.netsurf.de> To: Dave Hummel <HUMMDN36@BUFFALOSTATE.EDU> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot from floppy only Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970403025629.1996D-100000@delos.stuttgart.netsurf.de> In-Reply-To: <01IH6XVILW8M9FOH0W@BUFFALOSTATE.EDU>
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On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Dave Hummel wrote: > I've found alot of messages about this in the archives, but I'm still rather > clueless on this... > I have a network machine that runs win95 during business hours and I want to > run FreeBSD on it. I do not want FreeBSD to be visible to the normal user, so I > want to make it bootable by floppy only. If I use disklabel to make a bootable > floppy I gather from what I read that I can tell the boot to look for the > kernel on the FreeBSD partition, which is a IDE harddrive that has been split > using fips. Would the proper syntax be boot: wd(0,a)/kernel > Would another (thew proper?) option be to put the kernel on the floppy and then > to mount the FreeBSD partition? > Thanks, > Dave > I have another question on the same topic: My bootstrap code refuses to remember my wd(0,b)/kernel line I enter every time. This is a bit of a drag. When I booted from a fixit floppy it got it rihgt the first time. Maybe I should tell you that I believe I have BootEasy installed as well: When I boot there is something that says Boot: [F1] BSD Default: F1 How do I make the kernel remember the slice it's on? :-( c u Jo
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