Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:26:11 +1300 From: Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz> To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Message-ID: <43DFE403.2050404@fubar.geek.nz> In-Reply-To: <20060131132643.E10747@pooker.samsco.org> References: <200601301424.k0UEOVnw098992@repoman.freebsd.org> <1138631402.96727.4.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> <1138734787.719.9.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> <20060131192545.GA9936@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060131132643.E10747@pooker.samsco.org>
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Scott Long wrote: > On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Wilko Bulte wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 02:13:07PM -0500, Ken Smith wrote.. >> >>> On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 09:30 -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. >>> >>> >>> Seems they work... >>> >>> Five floppies. Fun wow... :-) >> >> >> Reminds me of Slackware version 0.0 or somesuch :) Or 386BSD 0.1 + PK >> for that matter :))) >> > > That was 8 floppies, iirc. > > > Note: this amounts to life support for floppies. The end IS coming. > What we need is for people to start working out the kinks of using usb > ram drives to run the installer. It's on my todo list for the BSDInstaller. > I do not expect to ship FreeBSD 7.0 with floppies. I don't bother with building floppies under the BSDInstaller. I'm looking at booting from USB and the network into the BSDInstaller to install FreeBSD. Andrew
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