diff --git a/release/Makefile b/release/Makefile
index f900e5bc831..996b450a0c0 100644
--- a/release/Makefile
+++ b/release/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$Id: Makefile,v 1.72 1995/01/12 12:30:05 jkh Exp $
+#	$Id: Makefile,v 1.73 1995/01/12 16:18:13 jkh Exp $
 #
 
 FLOPPY=		fd0
@@ -78,10 +78,14 @@ boot.flp:
 	disklabel -w -B \
 		-b ${DESTDIR}/usr/mdec/fdboot -s ${DESTDIR}/usr/mdec/bootfd \
 		/dev/r${FLOPPY} ${FDLABEL}
-	newfs -c 80 -b 4096 -f 512 -i 10000 -m 0 -o space /dev/r${FLOPPY}
+	newfs -c 80 -b 4096 -f 512 -i 9000 -m 0 -o space /dev/r${FLOPPY}
 	mount -o async /dev/${FLOPPY} ${MNT}
 	mkdir ${MNT}/dev ${MNT}/stand ${MNT}/mnt
+.if !defined(EVIL_FLOPPY)
 	strip -x ${.CURDIR}/../sys/compile/GENERIC/kernel
+.else
+	strip ${.CURDIR}/../sys/compile/GENERIC/kernel
+.endif
 	cp ${.CURDIR}/../sys/compile/GENERIC/kernel ${MNT}/kernel
 	cp ${DESTDIR}/usr/mdec/sdboot ${DESTDIR}/usr/mdec/bootsd ${MNT}/stand
 	( cd ${DESTDIR}/dev ; \
@@ -99,16 +103,16 @@ boot.flp:
 	install -m 400 -c ${.CURDIR}/../COPYRIGHT ${MNT}/COPYRIGHT
 	install -m 400 -c ${.CURDIR}/../share/FAQ/diskspace.FAQ \
 		${MNT}/DISKSPACE.FAQ
+.endif
 	install -m 400 -c ${.CURDIR}/../share/FAQ/RELNOTES.FreeBSD \
 		${MNT}/RELNOTES.FreeBSD
-.endif
 	install -m 400 -c ${.CURDIR}/../share/FAQ/TROUBLESHOOTING \
 		${MNT}/TROUBLESHOOTING
 	install -m 400 -c ${.CURDIR}/../share/FAQ/README-2.0 ${MNT}/README
 	touch ${MNT}/this_is_boot_flp
 	-umount ${MNT}
 	fsck /dev/r${FLOPPY}
-	dd if=/dev/r${FLOPPY} bs=${DDBS} count=${DDCOUNT} of=boot.flp
+	dd if=/dev/r${FLOPPY} bs=${DDBS} count=${DDCOUNT} conv=osync of=boot.flp
 	df -k /dev/r${FLOPPY}
 
 cpio.flp: