From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jul 22 02:49:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA19731 for current-outgoing; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 02:49:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA19718 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 02:49:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id TAA29292; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 19:18:53 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707220948.TAA29292@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Boot file system idea! Slick In-Reply-To: from Rick Lotoczky at "Jul 22, 97 05:33:13 am" To: rickl@ic.net Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 19:18:53 +0930 (CST) Cc: pechter@lakewood.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Rick Lotoczky stands accused of saying: > I second that....a small DOS partition instead of the BFS is great. As one > who usually blasts the kernel from time to time, I would really appreciate > a "simple" fix without using a special floppy or reinstall. Uhh, what's a DOS boot disk if not a "special" floppy? And what about the backup kernels, hmm? > Rick -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[