Subject: Re: Creating an SRM bootable floppy...
To: David Woyciesjes <DAW@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
From: Andrey Petrov <and@genesyslab.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 03/21/2001 10:54:00
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 11:29:20AM -0500, David Woyciesjes wrote:
> 	I think I have this right, came someone clarify this for me? Or tell
> me where the instructions are?
> To create an SRM bootable floppy, 
> 
> 1. use disklabel to partition the disk
> 	-> ( have to find out how, exactly)

I don't know if disklabel is needed for floppy

But this one you miss

1' create file system

newfs /dev/rfd0a


> 
> 2. mount the file system
> 	->mount /dev/fd0a /mnt
> 
> 3. install the bootstrap programs
> 	-> cd /usr/mdec
> 	-> cp boot /mnt
> 	-> ./installboot /dev/rfd0c bootxx_ffs
> 
> 4. copy the kernel to the floppy
> 	-> cp netbsd /mnt/netbsd
> 
> ...right?
> 
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> 
	Andrey