Subject: Re: How to build a boot floppy?
To: David Heller <dheller1@rochester.rr.com>
From: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/02/2000 13:02:10
should be something like

dd if=boot-141.fs of=/dev/fd0a bs=20

I think this is what I did on a NetBSD-1.4.1/i386 to make a sparc boot
floppy.

-Dan


On Sun, 2 Jan 2000, David Heller wrote:

> Hi
> 
>     I wish to install netbsd-1.4.1 on a SparcStation 1 using floppys
> and  a internet connected Freebsd box. I need to know how to make a boot
> disk I have tried dd'ing boot-141.fs onto a floppy  but that fails with
> "Bad magic number in disk label" etc. I have looked every where on the
> web for instructions on making a boot floppy. I have seen on the mailing
> list a similiar post answered with  "see src/distrib/sparc " . But what
> and where is src/distrib/sparc ? I would prefer not to download the
> entire source tarball !!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dave
>