Help with bootable root floppy, please

[John R. Meyer]

Hello --

	I know that some discussion occurred recently in this newsgroup
about bootable root floppy disks, so if you are kind enough to help,
please e-mail your response to the address below.

	I am trying to build a bootable root floppy disk for my
SCO XENIX-286 2.2.1 IBM-PC/AT and would like to know:

	-	what purpose do swplo and nswap serve in /etc/default/boot?
	-	if the pipdev and swapdev specifications refer to the
		floppy disk, do I need to reserve blocks on the disk
		for these areas?
	-	what does PANICBOOT in /etc/default/boot mean?
	-	I would like to put vi on the floppy, but there
		does not seem to be enough space (somewhere) to run
		it.  When I boot from the floppy and try to run vi,
		it comes back with the simple message "Killed".
	-	if I boot off one floppy and have the root file system
		on another, what files do I need on the boot disk?

I have RTFM from one end to another, but I cannot find the answers
to these questions.  If you could provide some insight, I would
appreciate it.

					Thanks in advance,

						John

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