Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 09:48:32 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "Thyer, Matthew" <Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au> Cc: "Wilkinson, Alex" <Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au>, gallatin@cs.duke.edu, fclift@verio.net, alpha@freebsd.org Subject: RE: HEADS UP, floppy installs desupported for 5.0 (fwd) Message-ID: <XFMail.20021106094832.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <108E7D907871D6118B5000306E0189F85759A9@ednex504.dsto.defence.gov.au>
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On 05-Nov-2002 Thyer, Matthew wrote: > On 06-Nov-2002 Baldwin, John wrote: >> This is what we do already. Even i386 now uses 3 floppies to install. The problem is >> that a really, really stripped down 5.0 kernel still doesn't fit onto kern.flp with the >> loader. > > Last I checked, the GENERIC kernel still had many network drivers. > > Wouldn't it be possible to put all of those modules on another floppy ? > > Dont worry about implementing interactive module loading for now.... we could just load > them all from the additional floppy under control of the loader. *sigh* THIS IS WHAT WE DO ALREADY. PLEASE LOOK AT WHAT WE DO NOW. (getting tired of saying the same thing over and over and over) -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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