Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:24:21 -0500 From: Jeff Blank <jfb@mtu.edu> To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: 5.2-RELEASE miniroot Message-ID: <20040115212421.GA14803@mtu.edu>
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Hi, Can someone clue me in on how sparc64/5.2-RELEASE/miniroot/miniroot.ufs.gz is to be used? I can't find any mention of it in the install docs on the FreeBSD FTP server or web site. I had assumed it was a bootable filesystem for starting an installer (like OpenBSD's minirootXX.fs is), but my Ultra5 refuses to boot it. I guess I'm not surprised, though, since it doesn't look much like a filesystem when I view the first few bytes of the file, and it also seems rather bigger than a miniroot would need to be. So I guess at this point, I'm mostly just curious as to what it's for. thanks, Jeff
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