Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 23:40:38 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Message-ID: <XFMail.011119234038.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <21470.1006241283@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On 20-Nov-01 Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <XFMail.011119132817.jhb@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin writes: >> >>On 19-Nov-01 John Baldwin wrote: >>> jhb 2001/11/19 13:27:00 PST >>> >>> Modified files: >>> release Makefile >>> Log: >>> Split the mfsroot out from the kernel for the 2.88 boot floppy and the >>> Alpha CD. This makes it easier to customize ISO's locally by being able >>> to replace either the mfsroot or the kernel w/o having to do both. It >>> also >>> allows us to switch to using the full GENERIC kernel when booting from CD >>> on the Alpha and on x86 when using cdboot. We don't do this yet, >>> however. >>> >>> Tested on: x86, alpha >> >>This doesn't kill write_mfs_in_kernel, but it is now no longer used. The >>only >>user of it now is picoBSD. It should probably move to /usr/bin or something >>out of src/release however. Or perhaps under src/release/picobsd. > > I think we should phase it out entirely. With the bootloader and md(4) > we have a much stronger facility which amongst other things support > gzipping of the individual files etc. I think picobsd actually tries to not use the loader so it can cram as much onto the floppy as it can fit. I think one nice feature of the custom floppy that just got killed was that it could actually use a separate floppy for the mfsroot from the kernel like kern.flp nad mfsroot.flp for installation. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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