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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.eli.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!165.254.2.53!nonexistent.com!not-for-mail From: test@carroll.com (Test) Subject: Creating a boot floppy X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 X-Complaints-To: Email abuse@news2.new-york.net if this posting is inappropriate Cache-Post-Path: hercules.carroll.com!unknown@athena.carroll.com Organization: Carroll-Net Message-ID: <ECzA5C.L9t@nonexistent.com> X-Trace: 868327967 27557 (None) [199.224.10.73] X-Nntp-Posting-Host: hercules.carroll.com Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 02:15:08 GMT Lines: 45 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44077 I am trying to create a boot floppy for a FreeBSD 2.2.1 system, but am having alot of trouble. My basic problem boils down into not knowing what to include on the floppy to boot a "minimal" system. I'm looking to have a floppy boot image, a copy of shell and the mount program. I think I can put the rest on another diskette to access later. I believe I am preparing the floppy correctly. Here is my procedure: fdformat -f1440 fd0.1440 disklabel -B -r -w fd0 fd01440 newfs -t2 -u18 -l1 -i2000 fd0 fd1440 I have created a custom kernel with the appropriate config: config kernel root on fd0 After making the custom kernel, I copy it to the floppy: mount /dev/fd0 /mnt cp -p kernel /mnt/kernel I also copied a copy of init to an sbin directory on the floppy: cp /sbin/init /mnt/sbin/init The floppy boots, but hangs after the last hardware probe instruction. If someone could point me in the correct direction, I would very much appreciate it. Please respond to my personal email address: jim@carroll.com Thanks Jim C.