Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 10:09:45 -0600 From: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) To: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Hackers) Subject: Re: More nits Message-ID: <v02130528acc3e2bec313@[199.183.109.242]>
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At 9:51 AM 11/6/95, Greg Lehey wrote: >Richard Wackerbarth writes: >> >> >We gotta give these guys a way of installing.... >> >> I'd rather see us go back to a two floppy boot for this case. >> Strip the MFS out and put sysinstall on a floppy. >> >> Use that much to format the HD and then switch to it. > >Great idea. That way we don't need hundreds of different tiny >kernels. Any chance of getting it done for 2.1? As far as the number of "tiny kernels", I am not sure that even this idea would solve the problem. However, I know that it will be much easier to make the required kernel if it is the only file on the floppy and I don't have to remake the rest of the system to do the custom bootstrap. As for 2.1, I am sure it is too late for 2.1.0-RELEASE, but I see no reason why it could not go into -stable immediately thereafter. ---- Richard Wackerbarth rkw@dataplex.net
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