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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!ukma!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!icd.ab.com!tinman.mke.ab.com!tdphette From: tdphette@mke.ab.com (Thad Phetteplace x4461) Subject: Re: Creating 386BSD bootable using a SUN Message-ID: <1992Nov13.155143.20495@tinman.mke.ab.com> Sender: usenet@tinman.mke.ab.com (NetNews server account) Nntp-Posting-Host: toejam Organization: Allen-Bradley Co. X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4 References: <1992Nov11.162225.20510@sunova.ssc.gov> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 15:51:43 GMT Lines: 28 rich@catalpa.ssc.gov (Rich Verdier CAD) writes: : Keywords: : : I am trying to create the Tiny 386BSD bootable floppy after down loading the : dist.fs file to my SUN. : : Question. 1.) what is the approach now to create the floppy, the existing FAQ : that Ihave acquired is unclear and the INSTALL.NOTES doesn't have : pertinent info. : The rawrite.exe program in the tools directory can be used to write the dist.fs image onto a floppy. If you cannot get rawrite.exe and dist.fs to a PC to try this, and have a floppy drive on your Sun, try this instead: cp dist.fs /dev/fd0 I suspect this will work. Good luck and tell me how it goes. -- Thad Phetteplace Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co. Phone: (414)382-4461 Email: tdphette@mke.ab.com The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and not that of my employer. I am not a slob, I am simply doing an experiment in domestic entropy!