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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!mcsun!chsun!hslrswi!aut!nbladt From: nbladt@autelca.ascom.ch (Norbert Bladt) Subject: Re: Creating 386BSD bootable using a SUN Message-ID: <1992Nov13.073633.8338@autelca.ascom.ch> Organization: Ascom Autelca AG, Guemligen, Switzerland References: <1992Nov11.162225.20510@sunova.ssc.gov> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 07:36:33 GMT Lines: 26 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. I did not try it, but the following should work, if you have a 3.5 floppy drive on your Sparcstation (don't know much about the 3/x0, although it should work an any UN*X system). Just use "cp" to write the file to the floppy device /dev/fd0. If that fails, try "dd if=dist.fs of=/dev/fd0". That's about it. Hope this helps, Norbert. -- Norbert Bladt, Ascom Autelca AG, Worbstr. 201, CH-3073 Guemligen, Switzerland Phone: +41 31 999 65 52 FAX: +41 31 999 65 44 Mail: nbladt@autelca.ascom.ch UUCP: ..!uunet!mcsun!chsun!hslrswi!aut!nbladt