Subject: Re: Creating a boot floppy for installation.
To: None <UkneeqFNG@aol.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/24/1999 13:56:59
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 UkneeqFNG@aol.com wrote:

> I am very new to UNIX, but I have a G3/300 MT(Beige) that I want to put 
> NetBSD on to make a webserver. I was looking at the install notes but it 
> never mentions how to make a a boot floppy. I have downloaded the boot.fs 
> image and need to know how to put it on the floppy. I am using MacOS 8.5. 

I use the suntar utility. It is mainly designed to handle tar formatted
archives on floppies, but it has an option which will write a file to a
floppy. I'm using version 2.0.5, and under the special menu, there's an
over-write sectors command. Use it, and start writing from sector 0. I
think I had to set it to "expert" mode (under preferences) for the
over-write option to come up.

Take care,

Bill