Warn users not to try to mount write-protected disks and use /dev/fd0

instead of /dev/rfd0 in the examples

Submitted by:	sheldonh and valentino.vaschetto@windriver.com
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Murray Stokely 2001-05-16 23:15:50 +00:00
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
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command to write the image files directly to disk. On
FreeBSD you would run:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=kern.flp of=/dev/rfd0</userinput></screen>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=kern.flp of=/dev/fd0</userinput></screen>
<para>On FreeBSD <filename>/dev/rfd0</filename> refers to
the first floppy disk (the <devicename>A:</devicename>
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<title>Enabling the boot floppies to boot into a serial
console</title>
<warning>
<para>Do not try to mount the floppy if it is write-protected</para>
</warning>
<para>If you were to boot into the floppies that you just
made, FreeBSD would boot into its normal install mode. We
want FreeBSD to boot into a serial console for our

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<chapter id="install">
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command to write the image files directly to disk. On
FreeBSD you would run:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=kern.flp of=/dev/rfd0</userinput></screen>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=kern.flp of=/dev/fd0</userinput></screen>
<para>On FreeBSD <filename>/dev/rfd0</filename> refers to
the first floppy disk (the <devicename>A:</devicename>
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<title>Enabling the boot floppies to boot into a serial
console</title>
<warning>
<para>Do not try to mount the floppy if it is write-protected</para>
</warning>
<para>If you were to boot into the floppies that you just
made, FreeBSD would boot into its normal install mode. We
want FreeBSD to boot into a serial console for our