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Date:      Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:06:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: so much for *that* idea.....
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009111105320.24475-100000@zeppo.feral.com>
In-Reply-To: <14781.7447.587262.648587@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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> 
> Matthew Jacob writes:
>  > 
>  > This isn't the kernel. This is the newer boot loader. Whatever was checked in
>  > after 9/7 busted me. Replacing /boot/loader with /boot/loader.old
>  > and symlinking /kernel -> /boot/kernel/kernel.ko and /modules -> /boot/kernel
>  > did the right thing for me so I could boot. 
>  > 
> 
> Speaking of which..
> 
> I, for one, wish the whole /boot/kernel/kernel.ko mess was backed out.
> If I wanted to play "kernel, kernel, where's the damned kernel" I'd
> run linux. 
> 
> The kernel belongs in the root filesystem, damn it.

It's *in* the root filesystem. But hidden.

I chided David about this already- mostly from the point of view of- "Gee- I
don't recall discussion about this". He claimed "we all discussed this at last
year's FreeBSDcon".

-matt




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