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From: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: root and boot floppy on ISC
Keywords: root boot floppy ISC interactive
Message-ID: <1991Apr11.171616.14088@sci34hub.sci.com>
Date: 11 Apr 91 17:16:16 GMT
References: <59@talgras.UUCP> <1991Apr3.203354.18641@eci386.uucp> <538@jahangir.UUCP>
Reply-To: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston)
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In article <538@jahangir.UUCP> marc@jahangir.UUCP (Marc Rossner) writes:
=In article <1991Apr3.203354.18641@eci386.uucp>, woods@eci386.uucp (Greg A. Woods) writes:
=> In article <59@talgras.UUCP> david@talgras.UUCP (David Hoopes) writes:
=> >     Is it possable to create a bootable root floppy for Interactive Unix? 
=> 	copy /etc/boot to track 0 (for 386/ix 1.0.6 anyway)
=   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
=This is the part I can't figure out how to do.  Any hints?

Oh, heck, people--just use dd to read the install floppy into a file,
and then back onto a formatted new disc. Mount it, and hack away.
This way, you copy the boot loader plus the existing file structure
(and most of the stuff in /dev, /bin, and /etc that you'll need anyway).

Works under 1.0.6 and 2.x. Also a good way to back up your install floppy--
if you have the space. 

-- 
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