Chapter 5 of the handbook has step by step instructions on how to do this from a windows machine and a unix machine.
Chapter 12 has the commands for booting into single user mode. Brendan > From: "Joe Joplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 06:47:40 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Creating a FreeBSD boot floppy for a failed machine > > I am trying to create a boot floppy that I can use to boot a machine that > has failed. Once I boot off the floppy I want to mount the hard drive(s) > and move any data from the machine to another machine on the network. I > tried searching for some information on how to do this, but I was > overwhelmed with creating the installation floppies in my search. I did see > the commands to boot FreeBSD after booting from a DOS floppy (nb8390.com and > nb3c509.com.), but this will not give the support I need for all the > different hardware. If anyone could lead me to some information on how to > do this I would appreciate it. > > Joe > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
