From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Sep 20 20:22:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA10422 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 20 Sep 1997 20:22:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.210.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA10405 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 1997 20:22:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tom by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.71 #1) id 0xCcan-0001cB-00; Sat, 20 Sep 1997 20:21:53 -0700 Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 20:21:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom To: dk+@ua.net cc: Wilko Bulte , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Different kernels for the bindist and boot.flp? In-Reply-To: <199709210230.TAA13931@dog.farm.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 20 Sep 1997, Dmitry Kohmanyuk wrote: > Yes, and in Linux, you can take any kernel you want, and boot from > it, and then use the same root disk as you have used for installing > your system on `standard' hardware. Without making release. I don't understand this part exactly. I can stick any kernel I want into my root disk and boot from it, without making release. > Yikes, you can even boot from the same 2 floppies, get a shell, > and then mount your hard drive and repair any hard errors. > What's more, you can specify root disk and kernel disk separately. "same two floppies"? I can use the install and fixit disk, and do that too. > Linux, in fact, sucks ;-) > > -- > EXCLUSIONS. This warranty does not cover the following: > ... 3. Damages caused by ... external causes such as abuse, misuse, inadequate > power supply or acts of God. > -- Westinghouse refrigerator manual (submitted by sia@nest.org) > > Tom