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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!news.PBI.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!news.whistle.com!usenet From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: howto creat a boot floppy w/ network support Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 16:33:19 -0700 Organization: Whistle Communications Lines: 32 Message-ID: <3218F9BF.59E2B600@whistle.com> References: <ulfDw71ow.4Mt@netcom.com> <4v4e9o$au3@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: s205m22.whistle.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b6 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386) To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> J Wunsch wrote: > > ulf@netcom.com (Ulf Schmidt) wrote: > > > now that I sucessfully installed 2.1.5R, I want to create a boot > > floppy w/ as much system information as possible. Some binaries > > like tar and gzip would be good, and network support also. > If you prefer, you can also prepare a separate UFS floppy, with just > the file /kernel on it (this may be a customized kernel then), and > once the kernel has been loaded, you swap floppies and insert a root > file system floppy with everything you think should be there. The > least files you need are /sbin/init, /bin/sh, /dev/console, and (i > think) an empty /etc/spwd.db to prevent complaints. Everything else > is up to you. there is an easier way Joerg.. see below. > The crunchgen program should be a big help for you in creating a > binary with much stuff in it for a good bang per byte ratio. Have a > look at /usr/src/release/Makefile for how to use crunchgen. If you have done a "make world" then you can go to /usr/src/release type "make sysinstall" (I think it';s there and then go to /usr/src/release/floppies and make the various floppies offered there (just type "make") make a copy of one of the subdirs and edit to your own configuration...