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From: woods@eci386.uucp (Greg A. Woods)
Subject: Re: root and boot floppy on ISC
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.203354.18641@eci386.uucp>
Keywords: root boot floppy ISC interactive
Reply-To: woods@eci386.UUCP (Greg A. Woods)
Organization: Elegant Communications Inc.
References: <59@talgras.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1991 20:33:54 GMT

In article <59@talgras.UUCP> david@talgras.UUCP (David Hoopes) writes:
>     Is it possable to create a bootable root floppy for Interactive Unix? If
> it is possable how do you do it?  I do this for my SCO Unix/Xenix systems and
> I would like to do it for my Interactive system but I havn't been able to
> figure out how.

Of course it's possible.  In fact you do it in much the same way as
you build a boot disk for any UNIX system:

	Format the floppy
	mkfs it
	mount it somewhere
	copy the files you wish to the new floppy
	copy /etc/boot to track 0 (for 386/ix 1.0.6 anyway)
	unmount it
	boot it

An easier way is to duplicate (using dd, or cp) the original boot
floppy and then modify the original filesystem to your satisfaction.
-- 
							Greg A. Woods
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