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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!uunet!psinntp!newsserv.cs.sunysb.edu!home.stark.cs.sunysb.EDU!stark!stark!gene From: stark!gene@newsserv.cs.sunysb.edu (Gene Stark) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: How do I make a boot disk? Date: 25 May 94 07:15:00 Organization: Gene Stark's home system Lines: 24 Message-ID: <STARK!GENE.94May25071500@stark.uucp> References: <CqA4ss.DHy@rex.uokhsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: home.stark.cs.sunysb.edu In-reply-to: ben@rex.uokhsc.edu's message of Mon, 23 May 1994 23:48:27 GMT > It seems to me all I need to do is put some boot blocks similar to >those used on the kcopy_ah.flp disk except defaulting to >"wd(0,a)/386bsd" rather than "fd(0,a)/386bsd". I think all I have to >do is change one line in one file in /sys/i386/boot. However, I have >not even got that far. I have tried a number of different methods to >create a disk with standard boot blocks with little success. Usually, >I tried something based around: Use: disklabel -r -w /dev/rfd0 floppy3 /usr/mdec/fdboot /usr/mdec/bootfd newfs /dev/rfd0 floppy3 Then mount the floppy and put your stuff on it. Replace "floppy3" with "floppy5" if you are using 5 1/4" disks. - Gene Stark --