Subject: Re: How to put a boot loader on a floppy ?
To: Eric Delcamp <e.delcamp_NOSPAM@wanadoo.fr>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/10/2000 19:17:39
Eric Delcamp writes:
> Hi !
> 
> I want to give a try to /sys/arch/i386/stand/netboot before burning a EPROM.
> For this, I need to put the netboot.bin (or netboot.sym) to a floppy, and I
> don't have the small code to load it into memory. And also, I don't have the
> method to put this on floppy.
> I think that will be similar to : "cat floppyload.bin netboot.sym >
> /dev/rfd0a" or "cat floppyload.bin netboot.sym > tmp; dd if=tmp
> of=/dev/rfd0a ???".
> Any idea ?

You should be able to do "/usr/mdec/installboot netboot.sym /dev/rfd0a"

-Andrew
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