Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 20:30:33 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: sef@Kithrup.COM, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot.foo madness Message-ID: <199707220130.UAA09000@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199707220035.RAA12240@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Jul 21, 97 05:35:37 pm"
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > 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. > Surisingly (:-)), IMO, this isn't a bad idea. John
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199707220130.UAA09000>