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Subject: SUMMARY: Bootable floppy (fwd)
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From: hwang@sunvm1.corp.mot.com (Hao Wang)
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Subject: SUMMARY: Bootable floppy
My original query was:
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Is it possible to create a bootable floppy disk?
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I post this question is because of that we are currently running WDSF/VM
(workstation data save facility, an product from IBM) which back up our
workstation data files by VM as server. But we are not able to boot the
system from the backup tape.
Replies:
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1. Form Tony Dale tony@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
The best I ever managed was a disc with the boot files and a (very small)
/vmunix on it. There isn't much room for anything else... It's quite
handy to have such a disc, though, because if someone loses their boot
or /vmunix files it's easy to bring them back.
2. From Gary Marazita GAM.GARY@melpn1.prime.com
As root, format a floppy and do the following,
newfs /dev/rfd0c
fsck /dev/fd0c
mkdir /floppy
mount /dev/fd0c /floppy
cp /boot /floppy/boot or ( cp /usr/kvm/stand/boot.sun4c /floppy/boot )
cd /usr/mdec
installboot -vl /floppy/boot bootfd /dev/rfd0c
This should give you a bootable floppy.
To boot from the floppy on a sparc2 at the ok prompt enter
boot floppy -a
3. From Brett Lymn blymn@mulga.awabi.com.AU
Yes you can, check out the man page for installboot. Of course you
will first need to format the disk, newfs it and put vmunix and boot
on there, then you will need to run installboot on the floppy.
Many thanks to:
tony@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz Tony Dale
GAM.GARY@melpn1.prime.com Gary Marazita
blymn@mulga.awadi.com.AU Brett Lymn
jim.litchfield@sunwest2.west.sun.com James Litchfield
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