Bootable floppy?

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Thu May 6 13:26:27 1999

On Wed, 5 May 1999, Chuck McManis wrote:

> At 10:06 PM 5/5/99 -0700, Don wrote:
> >Is it possible to make a bootable floppy for a VAXStation 2000 or is the
> >system too large for the disk?
>
> Yes its possible, however it is _lots_ easier to boot it from the network
> if you've got a spare PeeCee lying about and can put a free UNIX on it. The
> magic there is "mop server" and there are versions for all flavors.
>
> On a unix box I believe you can use DD to copy out an image to the disk,
> this is one of the ways that NetBSD can be bootstrapped, the FAQ at
> www.netbsd.org (follow the links to the VAX FAQ) has better instructions.
>
> --Chuck
>
 
Thanks! I'll check it out. I was, in fact, thinking VMS when I posed the
question but I'll look at NetBSD also.
                                                 - don
Received on Thu May 06 1999 - 13:26:27 BST