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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: /boot.foo madness
To: sef@Kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan)
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 17:35:37 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199707211831.LAA12016@kithrup.com> from "Sean Eric Fagan" at Jul 21, 97 11:31:53 am
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> You know, there *is* something to be said about the SysVr4 method of having
> a "/boot" filesystem, with a simplified FS for it.  (The simplified FS [no
> subdirectories, no non-file types, no indirect blocks] means that the boot
> program can generally be easier.)
> 
> I don't know if we would be able to go this way, though, because it would
> require changing the partitioning, which would make doing an upgrade a lot
> harder.
> 
> Still, it may be worth thinking about.

If you think about it, think about making it a small DOS partition and
not a BFS partition.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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