Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 15:49:42 +0100 (CET) From: Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP! (was: cvs commit: src/sys/sys reboot.h src/sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c) Message-ID: <199803121449.PAA17427@ocean.campus.luth.se> In-Reply-To: <199803111950.LAA24155@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Mar 11, 98 11:50:52 am"
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According to Mike Smith: > The bootstrap needs to be taught how to parse the slice number, perhaps > in an extended syntax such as xd(unit,slice,part)kernel although it > would make more sense to me to switch to eg. sd0s1a:/kernel. That would be most welcome. Then it would be possible, even easy, to remember it, and way more logical from a user perspective, at least. > (This isn't going to happen in the short term though; too much > backwards-compatability grief.) Hmm... Isn't this something which is purely userinterface? And if not, why not? /Mikael To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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