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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!gumby!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!van-bc!inde!newshost!gday From: gday@ignatz.inde.bc.ca (Gordon Day) Subject: Re: Creating 386BSD bootable using a SUN References: <1992Nov11.162225.20510@sunova.ssc.gov> <1992Nov13.073633.8338@autelca.ascom.ch> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 19:22:28 GMT Organization: INDE Electronics, Inc. Sender: news@inde.bc.ca In-Reply-To: nbladt@autelca.ascom.ch's message of Fri, 13 Nov 1992 07:36:33 GMT Message-ID: <GDAY.92Nov13112228@ignatz.inde.bc.ca> Lines: 35 > In article <1992Nov13.073633.8338@autelca.ascom.ch> nbladt@autelca.ascom.ch (Norbert Bladt) writes: > > % rich@catalpa.ssc.gov (Rich Verdier CAD) writes: > % > % I am trying to create the Tiny 386BSD bootable floppy after down > % loading the dist.fs file to my SUN. > % > % What is the approach now to create the floppy, the > % existing FAQ that Ihave acquired is unclear and the INSTALL.NOTES > % doesn't have pertinent info. > > I did not try it, but the following should work, if you have a 3.5 floppy drive > on your Sparcstation (don't know much about the 3/x0, although it should work > an any UN*X system). > > Just use "cp" to write the file to the floppy device /dev/fd0. > If that fails, try "dd if=dist.fs of=/dev/fd0". > That's about it. Actually, you will _have_ to use the dd command (cp requires a file system :-). Be prepared to wait quite a while, however (e.g. 3-5 minutes). Ta, Gordon. _______________________________________________________________________________ gordon day, inde electronics, +1-403-430-1446. -- _______________________________________________________________________________ gordon day, inde electronics, +1-403-430-1446.