Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 15:10:58 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't boot from CD and floppy after make release Message-ID: <199901072310.PAA35393@apollo.backplane.com> References: <67838.915749090@zippy.cdrom.com>
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:> kzip is broken now? I *need* kzip for my BOOTP based
:> diskless workstations!
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:Then you'll need to port it to ELF.
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:- Jordan
I've got 3 months worth of VM work that needs to be done. I am *not*
going to spend a month learning how ELF works just to port kzip.
I can barely fit a minimal uncompressed kernel on a floppy now, and then
only if I use every last block on the floppy. Add in a minimal number
of sound drivers and it becomes impossible. If you guys move to ELF
kernels without a working kzip, it will screw over a lot of people, not
just me.
If you don't break a.out kernel compilation then we can continue to make
a.out kernels. But if you break a.out kernel compilation ( make it
elf or nothing) it puts a whole bunch of people into a bind.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon Engineering, HiWay Technologies, Inc. & BEST Internet
Communications & God knows what else.
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