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Date:      Thu, 25 May 1995 11:43:43 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh>
To:        CVS-commiters, cvs-user
Subject:   cvs commit: src/release root_crunch.conf cpio_crunch.conf
Message-ID:  <199505251843.LAA06574@freefall.cdrom.com>

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jkh         95/05/25 11:43:42

  Added:       release   root_crunch.conf
  Removed:     release   cpio_crunch.conf
  Log:
  The cpio floppy is dead.  All hail the root floppy.
  
  Basically, this is just a simple name change.  People were historically
  confused by the "cpio floppy", having no clear idea as to what it was
  (even if they knew what "cpio" stood for) given that the name gives
  one absolutely no indication as to what it's FOR.  It's about as content
  free as calling it a "data floppy".  Root floppy isn't much better, but
  it's got some historical weight (Linux divides their set into boot and
  root floppies) and is reasonably descriptive for a floppy that comprises
  the beginnings of a stand-alone root filesystem.



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