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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!demos!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!199.0.65.182!news-in.tiac.net!posterchild!ljz From: ljz@asfast.com (Lloyd Zusman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Booting from a floppy? Date: 18 Mar 1997 03:53:55 GMT Organization: As Fast Lines: 20 Message-ID: <slrn5is4f6.c0d.ljz@sunspot.tiac.net> Reply-To: ljz@asfast.com (Lloyd Zusman) NNTP-Posting-Host: sunspot.tiac.net X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37210 I'm testing FreeBSD (version 2.2), and before I commit any changes to my MBR, I want to be able to boot it off of a floppy for a while to make sure everything is OK. I RTFM'ed, but I can't find any info telling me how to do this in the FM, so here I am. Here's the pertinent info about my configuration: adaptec aha2940 controller. 2 Gig hard disk on SCSI channel 0 <--- Usual boot drive 1 Gig Jaz drive on SCSI channel 4 <--- FreeBSD installed here Given this setup, how do I create a boot floppy which will start up FreeBSD from my Jaz drive? Thanks in advance. -- Lloyd Zusman 01234567 <-- The world famous Indent-o-Meter. ljz@asfast.com ^ Indent or be indented.