On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Jaromir Dolecek wrote:

> Chris Jones wrote:
> > On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Jaromir Dolecek wrote:
> > 
> > > Well, I have a 1.3.2 (i386) system and need temporerily -current boot floppy.
> > > The most simplier way should be to get 1.3.2 boot floppy and put
> > > there -current kernel instead of 1.3.2 one. How can I do that ?
> > 
> > I've always done this:
> > 
> > vnconfig -c vnd0 boot.fs
> > mount /dev/vnd0a /mnt
> > gzip -c < netbsd > /mnt/netbsd.gz
> > umount /mnt
> > vnconfig -u vnd0
> > 
> > ...but there may be a slew of better methods.
> 
> Would it be really that simple ? I thought that netbsd.gz
> on i386 N1.3.2 boot disk is more than just a kernel.

Oh; oops.  You're right; it has a disk image in it.  Seems like it's
somewhat complicated to create those.  The Makefiles in distrib show how
it's done, IIRC.

Chris

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