On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 11:10:02PM +0100, David Laight wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I tried to mount a boot floppy image with vnconfig.
> > 
> > But:
> > 
> > root@server [/sys/bootimages] # vnconfig -c vnd0 boot1.fs
> > root@server [/sys/bootimages] # mount /dev/vnd0a /mnt
> > mount_ffs: /dev/vnd0a on /mnt: incorrect super block
> > root@server [/sys/bootimages] #
> > 
> > Are those disks a "raw" format? How to bring my custom install kernel (VLB
> > board...) to that disk OR create my own one?
> 
> They are 'ustarfs' - ie a filesystem that is actually a tar archive.
> 
> To create one you need to:
> 1) build a kernel with space for a ramdisk
> 2) build the ramdisk
> 3) copy the ramdisk into the kernel
> 4) make the floppy image
> 
> I'd look at what 'make snapshot' does when run in src/etc...

Or just what happens in distrib/i386/floppies/
Eventually just change sys/arch/i386/conf/INSTALL* to suit your needs, and
run make in distrib/i386/floppies/. Should give you bootable floppy images.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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