.. 
.. On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, Michael R. Zucca wrote:
.. 
.. > As I'll need to be testing on a variety of machines I was wondering if there
.. > is a FAQ someplace that tells how to make a Miniroot.
.. > 
.. > I don't want to make a root of my whole disk, perhaps just a directory with
.. > /bin, a test kernel, and a few test binaries.
.. > 

Try

    cd /usr/src/distrib/miniroot
    make

This will build a 5MB miniroot that is too large to be accepted
by the booter. But you may either recompile the booter to accept
a larger miniroot or try to make it smaller.

regards
Erik Bertelsen