Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:40:47 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-release@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/sysinstall devices.c floppy.c install.c menus.c Message-ID: <199802111740.JAA00580@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 11 Feb 1998 07:43:22 PST." <199802111543.HAA23222@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> MFC: create devices only as needed. Gosh I sure wish those "extra" 56 > bytes in the boot blocks could be used to TEACH THE BOOT BLOCKS ABOUT > SLICES SO WE COULD GET RID OF THE %$#@*!! ROOT COMPATABILITY HACK. > While I'm wishing, I'd like world peace too. You want the bootblocks to know which slice they're loaded from, right? I can do this, but it will mean that anyone wanting to boot a 2.2.6+ kernel *must* update their bootblocks. Are we willing to accept this? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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