Date: Thu, 9 Nov 95 17:12 MET From: me@tartufo.muc.ditec.de (Michael Elbel) To: jkh@time.cdrom.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ideas from netbsd Message-ID: <m0tDZar-000Pa6C@tartufo.muc.ditec.de> References: <199511070653.HAA04130@allegro.lemis.de> <168.815738956@time.cdrom.com>
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In lists.freebsd.hackers you write: >> OK, that would make a difference. On the version I have, it doesn't >> get fired up until you commit yourself. If you could use it almost >> any time before, that would be great. >Well, I have to say that it's still sort of "post committal" since I >need to know that there's even something on the root file system >before I send the shell leaping off into space, chrooted to it (I >can't leave it lying around with the floppy as its root or I'd never >be able to use the floppy again). I dont understand this. I thought root is an MFS at that stage. What prevents you from removing the floppy if the fs is in memory, only loaded as part of the kernel off that disk. Have I overlooked something? Michael -- Michael Elbel, DITEC, Muenchen, Germany - me@muc.ditec.de Fermentation fault (coors dumped)
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