Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!isg100!elgar!ag From: ag@elgar.UUCP (Keith Gabryelski) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: bootable floppy: now what? Message-ID: <25@elgar.UUCP> Date: 16 Jan 89 18:35:35 GMT References: <1989Jan12.222309.22766@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> <3700016@eecs.nwu.edu> <8769@alice.UUCP> Reply-To: ag@elgar.UUCP (Keith Gabryelski) Organization: Elgar Corporation, San Diego, CA Lines: 14 In article <8769@alice.UUCP> debra@alice.UUCP () writes: >In article <3700016@eecs.nwu.edu> skrenta@eecs.nwu.edu (Richard Skrenta): >>Could someone tell me how to make a bootable floppy? > >An easy solution is to make a copy of the N1 boot-floppy, mount it, >remove the crap you don't want and put on it whatever you do want. >The floppy already has a boot and a kernel that will run with the >floppy, so that's a good start. `mkdev floppy' would probably be a better move. Pax, Keith -- ag@elgar.CTS.COM Keith Gabryelski ...!{ucsd, jack}!elgar!ag