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From: Brian 'Doc' O'Neill <oneill@cs.uml.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Custom boot floppy?
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 15:42:08 -0500
Organization: UMass Lowell
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I have a need for making a cutom boot floppy which recognizes
ethernet cards which are not at their default addresses, to make
software installations easier (get this - I'm using FreeBSD to mass-
install Windows95...). How can I get the kernel to fit on the boot
floppy, and still be able to boot? The kernel is 1.8Mb...

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