Thank you for that info. Excuse me for not knowing much about the src tree.
I have looked around there was only 3 files in the CVS directory under
bootfloppy-small. How do you prepare a floppy disk from there? Could give me
any pointer or any article I should read to understand this topic?

David Kwok
----- Original Message -----
From: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
To: dkwok <dkwok@iware.com.au>
Cc: <port-i386@netbsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: SMALL FOOTPRINT NETBSD


> > I have been using linuxrouter, www.linuxrouter.org, for my home and
office
> > firewall/NAT for 1 year. It has been doing just fine with 486DX66
machine.
> > Can NetBSD produce something like that and can be fitted into 1 floppy
disk?
>
> Certainly. However, what's available in the source tree is oriented
towards
> install utilities. Look in src/distrib/i386/floppies, especially the
'rescue'
> directories.
>
> The machinery is actually quite easy to customize -- I've built "telnet
boot
> floppies" that were really just stripped-down install floppies and some
goo.
>
> Once you are familiar with how it works, it literally takes just a few
hours
> to create a custom self-contained boot floppy that does whatever you want.
>
> Todd Whitesel
> toddpw @ best.com
>