From owner-freebsd-fs Mon Nov 23 12:08:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA10252 for freebsd-fs-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:08:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c079.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA10150 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:08:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.9.1/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA05114; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 15:08:38 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) To: Wilko Bulte cc: farshidoo@yahoo.com (Farshidoo), freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Is LFS operational? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:11:56 +0100." <199811231911.UAA00692@yedi.iaf.nl> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 15:08:38 -0500 Message-ID: <5110.911851718@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Wilko Bulte wrote in message ID <199811231911.UAA00692@yedi.iaf.nl>: > LFS is heavily intertwined with the VM system. As LFS has not been updated > when the VM was redesigned LFS is not working anymore. Even without that hinderance, I believe the implimentation had numerous bugs, and (from my understanding of discussions with people who know more) several implimentation limitations that severly restricted its usefulness as anything other than a curiosity for research work. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message