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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: /boot.foo madness
In-Reply-To: <199707220035.RAA12240@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Jul 21, 97 05:35:37 pm"
To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert)
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 20:30:33 -0500 (EST)
Cc: sef@Kithrup.COM, current@FreeBSD.ORG
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> > You know, there *is* something to be said about the SysVr4 method of having
> > a "/boot" filesystem, with a simplified FS for it.  (The simplified FS [no
> > subdirectories, no non-file types, no indirect blocks] means that the boot
> > program can generally be easier.)
> > 
> > I don't know if we would be able to go this way, though, because it would
> > require changing the partitioning, which would make doing an upgrade a lot
> > harder.
> > 
> > Still, it may be worth thinking about.
> 
> If you think about it, think about making it a small DOS partition and
> not a BFS partition.
> 
Surisingly (:-)), IMO, this isn't a bad idea.

John