Subject: RE: Creating an SRM bootable floppy...
To: 'Andrey Petrov' <and@genesyslab.com>
From: David Woyciesjes <DAW@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 03/21/2001 14:22:46
Cool. Thanks...
--- David A Woyciesjes
--- C & IS Support Specialist
--- Yale University Press
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-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Andrey Petrov [mailto:and@genesyslab.com]
-> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 1:54 PM
-> To: David Woyciesjes
-> Cc: 'port-alpha@netbsd.org'
-> Subject: Re: Creating an SRM bootable floppy...
->
->
-> On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 11:29:20AM -0500, David Woyciesjes wrote:
-> > I think I have this right, came someone clarify this
-> for me? Or tell
-> > me where the instructions are?
-> > To create an SRM bootable floppy,
-> >
-> > 1. use disklabel to partition the disk
-> > -> ( have to find out how, exactly)
->
-> I don't know if disklabel is needed for floppy
->
-> But this one you miss
->
-> 1' create file system
->
-> newfs /dev/rfd0a
->
->
-> >
-> > 2. mount the file system
-> > ->mount /dev/fd0a /mnt
-> >
-> > 3. install the bootstrap programs
-> > -> cd /usr/mdec
-> > -> cp boot /mnt
-> > -> ./installboot /dev/rfd0c bootxx_ffs
-> >
-> > 4. copy the kernel to the floppy
-> > -> cp netbsd /mnt/netbsd
-> >
-> > ...right?
-> >
-> > --- David A Woyciesjes
-> > --- C & IS Support Specialist
-> > --- Yale University Press
-> > --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu
-> > --- (203) 432-0953
-> > --- ICQ # - 905818
-> >
-> >
-> Andrey
->