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From: brian@anorak.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 'fixit' diskette
Date: 25 Nov 1996 16:29:03 -0000
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In article <32987FBA.167E@math.tau.ac.il>,
Pozin Shimon <pozin@math.tau.ac.il> writes:
: Hello!
:
: I asked this question a bit ago, but nobody answered:
: How can I create a 'fixit' diskette for FreeBSD and what does it
: include?
The fixit diskette is made in the same way as the boot diskette - there
is a "fixit.flp" image in the floppies directory of the distribution.
It basically contains a reasonably complete set of programs that you can
use to manually fix a failed distribution - these binaries aren't anything
different from the stuff found in /bin, /usr/bin, /sbin and /usr/sbin on a
running system, they just won't fit on the boot floppy, and aren't really
needed unless something goes wrong.
--
Brian <brian%anorak.coverform.lan@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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