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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!ix.netcom.com!news From: djay4177@ix.netcom.com (David Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: System Boot Disk ? Date: 21 Jan 1997 04:49:59 GMT Organization: Your Organization Lines: 30 Message-ID: <5c1htn$8h@dfw-ixnews10.ix.netcom.com> References: <5bs3c1$cd4@sjx-ixn7.ix.netcom.com> <5bu6ko$fa5@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: den-co12-29.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Jan 20 10:49:59 PM CST 1997 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.8 (x86 32bit) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34223 Thanks for your reply, but I got brave an inpatient, and did a install using booteasy. A follow up question if you have time? Due to limited disk space I was wondering if/how I can run from the Live cdrom? Thanks for you help djj In article <5bu6ko$fa5@uriah.heep.sax.de>, j@uriah.heep.sax.de says... > >djay4177@ix.netcom.com (David Jackson) wrote: > >> How can I create a system bootdisk ( I preferr to error on the side of >> caution),instead of using a bootmanager? TX DJJ > >If your only concern is to start the harddisk system, just use the >default boot floppy. Type ``wd(0,a)/kernel'' at the prompt, so it >will boot the harddisk. > >You could probably tweak the bootblocks under /sys/i386/boot/biosboot >to default to your disk. Run `make all install' there, and install >them on a floppy with `disklabel -B fd0'. > >-- >cheers, J"org > >joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE >Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) >