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How Do I Create SVR4.2 Root & Boot Diskettes?

How Do I Create SVR4.2 Root & Boot Diskettes?

Post by Greg Robins » Wed, 20 Mar 1996 04:00:00



Summmary: How do I create root & boot diskettes on a generic SVR4.2
platform?

I am running a fairly generic OEM release of System V R4.2 from
Olivetti, and I need to create emergency root & boot 1.44mb diskettes.
I have no problem creating filesystems on diskettes, such as ufs, bfs
or s5, but I'm unclear about which filesystem I should use for the
emergency diskettes, and which files-- other than the kernel and
/stand/at386-- I need to include on the diskettes.

The Olivetti SVR4 documentation doesn't contain information regarding
boot diskettes, and this OEM release doesn't contain any nice little
value added scripts to perform such tasks, as SCO, AIX and other OEM
releases do.

I have looked through the latest 7 part FAQ and didn't come across an
answer to this problem. I would greatly appreciate any assistance
someone may have.

Thank you all for your time,
--
Greg Robinson


 
 
 
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