Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 15:15:00 +1100 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: julian@whistle.com (Julian Elischer) Cc: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no, green@unixhelp.org, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, peter@netplex.com.au, mike@smith.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it soup yet? :-) Message-ID: <199811120415.PAA08645@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.981111194903.16947A-100000@current1.whistle.com> from Julian Elischer at "Nov 11, 98 07:51:48 pm"
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Julian Elischer wrote: > they fetch updates overr the net. > but they don't have code to replace the bootblocks > to do that would mean 2 upgrades, one to get the new software that CAN do > so, and one to replace them. So why can't you do that?! Do you have dependencies between your upgrade versions (or whatever you call them)? It seems to me that there is little pain to be experienced due to upgrading the boot blocks provided you can be sure that the new blocks will work. And this is something that Whistle /can/ test in the lab because you don't have to deal with unknown hardware. Keeping hacked things around and having to support them in a.out format long term when FreeBSD has moved on is unwise IMHO. As one burger chain says: "resistance is useless" 8-). -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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