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Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: net-booting the install disks (Re: 8.x grudges)
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On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Mikhail T. wrote:
 > 07.07.2010 16:00, Randi Harper ???????(??):
 > > So.... you're complaining that you have to modify the loader.conf? I
 > > fail to see the problem. This is by design, and isn't a lack of
 > > progress.
 > >    
 > Yes, I complain, that I have to modify a loader.conf embedded in a CD-image.
 > If extracting hundreds of mega-bytes of files to make a one-line modification
 > is "by design", then the design is flawed. Especially, when the effect
 > achieved by the one-line modification can be arrived to automatically --
 > without such modifications.

There's a hole in the bucket ..