Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:39:14 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> Cc: sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Floppyless release build of sparc64 Message-ID: <20030725203914.GA39174@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20030724205010.GB90484@sunbay.com> References: <200307230553.h6N5rrpN058773@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030723061643.GC45101@sunbay.com> <20030723155758.GA372@locore.ca> <20030723160730.GA17720@sunbay.com> <20030724185510.GB85582@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030724205010.GB90484@sunbay.com>
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On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 11:50:10PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > > > boot.flp is actually useful on sparc64 because you can dd it to a disk > > > > from solaris and then boot off it to install. I'm happy with having > > > > the option of not building it if it saves time but please make it an > > > > option. > > > > > > OK, then things will be left as is. There's already an option for > > > this; it's called NO_FLOPPIES (documented in the release(7) manpage). > > > > BUT the size of the "floppy" should be something like 10MB so that we > > know we will *never* overflow it during "make release". > > > Should the need arise for that, it's a two-line change to release/Makefile, > by just bumping MFSSIZE and BIGBOOTSIZE for sparc64. You're missing the point. The size should be set now to something that will *never* be too small. Waiting until "make release" is broken is stupid in this case. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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