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Date:      Wed, 13 Oct 2004 18:52:58 +0200
From:      Jose M Rodriguez <josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>
To:        spam maps <spamrefuse@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 5.3-Beta7 share/examples/diskless/clone_root : wrong "options MFS"   entry
Message-ID:  <200410131852.58663.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>
In-Reply-To: <20041013163016.92795.qmail@web54009.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20041013163016.92795.qmail@web54009.mail.yahoo.com>

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El Mi=E9rcoles, 13 de Octubre de 2004 18:30, spam maps escribi=F3:
> Jose M Rodriguez wrote:
> > spam maps escribi=F3:
> >>spam maps wrote:
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>>The file
> >>> /usr/src/share/examples/diskless/clone_root
> >>>describes these options to be needed in
> >>>the kernel config file:
> >>>
> >>>#       options MFS
> >>>
> >>>However, MFS is no longer supported since 5.X
> >>>and this may unnecessary confuse people who
> >>>want to have a diskless boot kernel.
> >>>
> >>>Can someone fix this?
> >
> > Yes,  you.
>
> Funny! But I do not have access to FreeBSD CVS :).
>
> Of course I'm trying to fix this on my own system,
> but this clone_root example has so many 4.X
> specific items, that need to be changed to 5.X
> style.

No. they are 3.X indeed.

>
> Such mistakes should be ironed out in 5.X, because
> diskless boot is not that easy and novices get
> too easily stuck because of this.
>
> I hope very soon to have a working patch to
> this clone_root example file, and maybe patches
> to other parts as well.
>

I don't try it.  IMHO  it's better take the concepts and begin from=20
scratch.
=20
=2D-
  josemi



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