Subject: Re: Extracting a kernel from a floppy?
To: Yubyub bird <jonl@yubyub.net>
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/08/2000 14:51:34
In message <Pine.NEB.4.21.0010081426130.5940-100000@kudra.yubyub.net>, Yubyub bi
rd writes:

>Normally, yes, but this isn't the 1.5 ALPHA2 kernel or any other
>snapshot.  I only have the boot floppies - no gzip'd kern or other is
>available...
>
>Plus, it'd be neat to know how to do.

Well, so, it depends on the filesystem on the floppy, of course ;-)

If it's a ustarfs you should be able to untar it, perhaps stripping
off a header first. If it's an ffs filesystem, you should be able
to mount it...

--jhawk