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 	  two copies of
 	  each.</para>
 
-	<indexterm><primary>fix-it floppies</primary></indexterm>
-	<para>Second, determine that the boot and fix-it floppies
-	  (<filename>boot.flp</filename> and <filename>fixit.flp</filename>)
-	  have all your devices.  The easiest way to check is to reboot your
-	  machine with the boot floppy in the floppy drive and check the boot
-	  messages.  If all your devices are listed and functional, skip on to
-	  step three.</para>
-
-	<para>Otherwise, you have to create two custom bootable
-	  floppies which have a kernel that can mount all of your disks
-	  and access your tape drive.  These floppies must contain:
-	  <command>fdisk</command>, <command>bsdlabel</command>,
-	  <command>newfs</command>, <command>mount</command>, and
-	  whichever backup program you use.  These programs must be
-	  statically linked.  If you use <command>dump</command>, the
-	  floppy must contain <command>restore</command>.</para>
+	<indexterm><primary>livefs CD</primary></indexterm>
+	<para>Second, burn a <quote>livefs</quote> CDROM.  This CDROM
+	  contains support for booting into a &os;
+	  <quote>livefs</quote> rescue mode allowing the user to
+	  perform many tasks like running &man.dump.8;,
+	  &man.restore.8;, &man.fdisk.8;, &man.bsdlabel.8;,
+	  &man.newfs.8;, &man.mount.8;, and more.  Livefs CD image for
+	  &os;/&arch.i386;&nbsp;&rel.current;-RELEASE is available
+	  from <ulink
+	  url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/&arch.i386;/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/&os;-&rel.current;-RELEASE-&arch.i386;-livefs.iso"></ulink>.</para>
 
 	<para>Third, create backup tapes regularly.  Any changes that you make
 	  after your last backup may be irretrievably lost.  Write-protect the
 	  backup tapes.</para>
 
-	<para>Fourth, test the floppies (either <filename>boot.flp</filename>
-	  and <filename>fixit.flp</filename> or the two custom bootable
-	  floppies you made in step two.) and backup tapes.  Make notes of the
-	  procedure.  Store these notes with the bootable floppy, the
+	<para>Fourth, test the <quote>livefs</quote> CDROM
+	  you made in step two and backup tapes.  Make notes of the
+	  procedure.  Store these notes with the CDROM, the
 	  printouts and the backup tapes.  You will be so distraught when
 	  restoring that the notes may prevent you from destroying your backup
 	  tapes (How? In place of <command>tar xvf /dev/sa0</command>, you
 	  might accidentally type <command>tar cvf /dev/sa0</command> and
 	  over-write your backup tape).</para>
 
-	<para>For an added measure of security, make bootable floppies and two
+	<para>For an added measure of security, make <quote>livefs</quote> CDROM and two
 	  backup tapes each time.  Store one of each at a remote location.  A
 	  remote location is NOT the basement of the same office building.  A
 	  number of firms in the World Trade Center learned this lesson the
 	  hard way.  A remote location should be physically separated from
 	  your computers and disk drives by a significant distance.</para>
-
-	<example>
-	  <title>A Script for Creating a Bootable Floppy</title>
-
-	<programlisting><![ CDATA [#!/bin/sh
-#
-# create a restore floppy
-#
-# format the floppy
-#
-PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
-
-fdformat -q fd0
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]
-then
-	 echo "Bad floppy, please use a new one"
-	 exit 1
-fi
-
-# place boot blocks on the floppy
-#
-bsdlabel -w -B /dev/fd0c fd1440
-
-#
-# newfs the one and only partition
-#
-newfs -t 2 -u 18 -l 1 -c 40 -i 5120 -m 5 -o space /dev/fd0a
-
-#
-# mount the new floppy
-#
-mount /dev/fd0a /mnt
-
-#
-# create required directories
-#
-mkdir /mnt/dev
-mkdir /mnt/bin
-mkdir /mnt/sbin
-mkdir /mnt/etc
-mkdir /mnt/root
-mkdir /mnt/mnt			# for the root partition
-mkdir /mnt/tmp
-mkdir /mnt/var
-
-#
-# populate the directories
-#
-if [ ! -x /sys/compile/MINI/kernel ]
-then
-	 cat << EOM
-The MINI kernel does not exist, please create one.
-Here is an example config file:
-#
-# MINI -- A kernel to get FreeBSD onto a disk.
-#
-machine         "i386"
-cpu             "I486_CPU"
-ident           MINI
-maxusers        5
-
-options         INET                    # needed for _tcp _icmpstat _ipstat
-                                        #            _udpstat _tcpstat _udb
-options         FFS                     #Berkeley Fast File System
-options         FAT_CURSOR              #block cursor in syscons or pccons
-options         SCSI_DELAY=15           #Be pessimistic about Joe SCSI device
-options         NCONS=2                 #1 virtual consoles
-options         USERCONFIG              #Allow user configuration with -c XXX
-
-config          kernel	root on da0 swap on da0 and da1 dumps on da0
-
-device          isa0
-device          pci0
-
-device          fdc0	at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr
-device          fd0	at fdc0 drive 0
-
-device          ncr0
-
-device          scbus0
-
-device          sc0	at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 1 vector scintr
-device          npx0	at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr
-
-device          da0
-device          da1
-device          da2
-
-device          sa0
-
-pseudo-device   loop            # required by INET
-pseudo-device   gzip            # Exec gzipped a.out's
-EOM
-	 exit 1
-fi
-
-cp -f /sys/compile/MINI/kernel /mnt
-
-gzip -c -best /sbin/init > /mnt/sbin/init
-gzip -c -best /sbin/fsck > /mnt/sbin/fsck
-gzip -c -best /sbin/mount > /mnt/sbin/mount
-gzip -c -best /sbin/halt > /mnt/sbin/halt
-gzip -c -best /sbin/restore > /mnt/sbin/restore
-
-gzip -c -best /bin/sh > /mnt/bin/sh
-gzip -c -best /bin/sync > /mnt/bin/sync
-
-cp /root/.profile /mnt/root
-
-chmod 500 /mnt/sbin/init
-chmod 555 /mnt/sbin/fsck /mnt/sbin/mount /mnt/sbin/halt
-chmod 555 /mnt/bin/sh /mnt/bin/sync
-chmod 6555 /mnt/sbin/restore
-
-#
-# create minimum file system table
-#
-cat > /mnt/etc/fstab <<EOM
-/dev/fd0a    /    ufs    rw  1  1
-EOM
-
-#
-# create minimum passwd file
-#
-cat > /mnt/etc/passwd <<EOM
-root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/sh
-EOM
-
-cat > /mnt/etc/master.passwd <<EOM
-root::0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/sh
-EOM
-
-chmod 600 /mnt/etc/master.passwd
-chmod 644 /mnt/etc/passwd
-/usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb -d/mnt/etc /mnt/etc/master.passwd
-
-#
-# umount the floppy and inform the user
-#
-/sbin/umount /mnt
-echo "The floppy has been unmounted and is now ready."]]></programlisting>
-
-        </example>
-
       </sect3>
 
       <sect3>
@@ -2879,23 +2728,16 @@ echo "The floppy has been unmounted and is now ready."]]></programlisting>
 	<para>If the hardware has been damaged, the parts should be replaced
 	  before attempting to use the computer.</para>
 
-	<para>If your hardware is okay, check your floppies.  If you are using
-	  a custom boot floppy, boot single-user (type <literal>-s</literal>
-	  at the <prompt>boot:</prompt> prompt).  Skip the following
-	  paragraph.</para>
-
-	<para>If you are using the <filename>boot.flp</filename> and
-	  <filename>fixit.flp</filename> floppies, keep reading.  Insert the
-	  <filename>boot.flp</filename> floppy in the first floppy drive and
+	<para>If your hardware is okay, insert the
+	  <quote>livefs</quote> CDROM in the CDROM drive and
 	  boot the computer.  The original install menu will be displayed on
-	  the screen.  Select the <literal>Fixit--Repair mode with CDROM or
-	    floppy.</literal> option.  Insert the
-	  <filename>fixit.flp</filename> when prompted.
+	  the screen.  Select the correct country, then choose
+	  <guimenuitem>Fixit -- Repair mode with CDROM/DVD/floppy or
+	  start a shell.</guimenuitem> option and select the
+	  <guimenuitem>CDROM/DVD -- Use the live filesystem
+	  CDROM/DVD</guimenuitem> item.  The tool
 	  <command>restore</command> and the other programs that you need are
-	  located in <filename class="directory">/mnt2/rescue</filename>
-	  (<filename class="directory">/mnt2/stand</filename> for
-	  &os; versions older than 5.2).</para>
-
+	  located in <filename class="directory">/mnt2/rescue</filename>.</para>
 	<para>Recover each file system separately.</para>
 
 	<indexterm>
@@ -2913,7 +2755,7 @@ echo "The floppy has been unmounted and is now ready."]]></programlisting>
 	  bsdlabel was damaged, use <command>bsdlabel</command> to re-partition and
 	  label the disk to match the label that you printed and saved.  Use
 	    <command>newfs</command> to re-create the file systems.  Re-mount the root
-	  partition of the floppy read-write (<command>mount -u -o rw
+	  partition of the disk read-write (<command>mount -u -o rw
 	    /mnt</command>).  Use your backup program and backup tapes to
 	  recover the data for this file system (e.g. <command>restore vrf
 	    /dev/sa0</command>).  Unmount the file system (e.g. <command>umount