jte@psuvax1.psu.edu (Jon Eckhardt) (05/04/88)
Hello, I have a small problem with my ATT 3b2/300 w/70 (72??) meg hard disk and I would like to be able to boot from a floppy and run unix from the floppy, mount the hard disk and check it out. Is there any way I can do this? I have another ATT 3b2/300 that I can use to create the boot floppy. We also have ATT source license if that is any help. Thanks in advance. # jte@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (128.118.6.2) <- ARPA Name: Jon T Eckhardt # # jte@psuvax1 <- BITNET Phone: 814-238-8209 # # <ihnp4,burdvax,purdue>!psuvax1!jte <- UUCP Penn State University #
davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) (05/05/88)
In article <3527@psuvax1.psu.edu> jte@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Jon Eckhardt) writes: | Hello, I have a small problem with my ATT 3b2/300 w/70 (72??) meg hard disk | and I would like to be able to boot from a floppy and run unix from the | floppy, mount the hard disk and check it out. Is there any way I can | do this? Let me try to help... first format the floppy with format. The create a file system using mkfs *and a prototype file*. This will allow you to specify boot program, swap space, files to precopy, etc. I don't have a 3B1 anymore, so I can't tell you just what you need in the prototype file. You can also make a physical copy of the original boot disk, mount it, clean most of the stuff off, and put your new stuff on to do what you want. This avoids learning about prototype files, but is not as flexible. -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me