Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 18:35:22 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, obrien@NUXI.com Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New drivers and install floppy space Message-ID: <19981206183522.I27271@TelcoSucks.org> In-Reply-To: <199812060720.XAA02870@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 11:20:17PM -0800 References: <19981205021914.C12672@nuxi.com> <199812060720.XAA02870@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 11:20:17PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > When a majority can no longer be thusly accommodated, we'll just shrug > > > and ditch it completely in favor of the 2(*)-floppy solution. > > > > It is not that bad. I'm doing more and more boot off the CDROM installs. > > I assume sysinstall + boot kernel can be quite large there. > > Is the boot kernel there a full GENERIC kernel? > > No. The way that bootable CDROMs work is that the BIOS pretends that a > 1.44MB region at the beginning of the CDROM is actually a 1.44MB floppy > disk. There is also support for harddisk. I have a URL with the exact description. Building an image right now for another project. > > I wouldn't mind finding the asshole responsible for this fiasco and > doing something traumatic to their lower digestive tract with a > petrol-powered Weed Eater. > > The only ways out of this are: > > - mandate a floppy in addition to the CDROM (sucks) > - add CDROM drivers to the bootloader (ATAPI, SCSI for Adaptec and NCR > at least) > > Both of these are painful. > > -- > \\ 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 freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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