Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:37:37 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu>, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Ken Smith <kensmith@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Message-ID: <20060131203737.GA10866@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200601311345.20961.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200601301424.k0UEOVnw098992@repoman.freebsd.org> <1138631402.96727.4.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> <20060130161523.GA98446@freebie.xs4all.nl> <200601311345.20961.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 01:45:17PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote.. > On Monday 30 January 2006 11:15, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 09:30:02AM -0500, Ken Smith wrote.. > > > > > On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 14:24 +0000, Ken Smith wrote: > > > > kensmith 2006-01-30 14:24:31 UTC > > > > > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > > > > > Modified files: > > > > release Makefile > > > > Log: > > > > Enable splitting up the MFSROOT floppy on amd64, the contents now > > > > overflow one floppy's worth of space. > > > > > > > > Revision Changes Path > > > > 1.898 +1 -0 src/release/Makefile > > > > > > Note: I'm guilty of a pretty big crime here. I can't locate my USB > > > floppy drive at the moment and don't have any amd64 machines with "real" > > > floppy drives in them. I'll go buy another USB floppy drive tonight and > > > test that the resulting floppies actually work. > > > > > > But we're overflowing the MFSROOT floppy and release builds on amd64 > > > were broken as a result. If this commit does somehow result in busted > > > floppies we need to fix other stuff to make it work, unless we somehow > > > make what's needed in the MFSROOT floppy smaller we need split-floppies > > > to work... > > > > > > I'll test ASAP regardless. > > > > Or give up on floppies altogether.. > > Alpha uses split mfsroot floppies, so the amd64 ones should work fine. The I know :) But who tests this stuff these days? It proves difficult enough to have people test CD images, let alone floppies. Ah well, lets not digress. > actual tested floppies for amd64 didn't use a split mfsroot, but I think they > were built against 6.x where the mfsroot fit. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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