From owner-cvs-all Fri Nov 1 13: 0: 5 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D70937B401 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 13:00:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail17.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.217]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FC5143E3B for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 13:00:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 3786 invoked from network); 1 Nov 2002 21:00:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail17.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 1 Nov 2002 21:00:09 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gA1Kxxn5033800; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:59:59 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200211012053.gA1KroFb046044@repoman.freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 15:57:10 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: John Baldwin Subject: RE: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 01-Nov-2002 John Baldwin wrote: > jhb 2002/11/01 12:53:50 PST > > Modified files: > release Makefile > Log: > - Copy the mfsroot.gz file to /R/stage/mfsroot/ so that the CD-ROM layout > can fetch it from there instead of looking in the boot floppy's > directory. > - Add a NO_FLOPPIES variable that disables building of any boot floppies. > > Tested on: alpha NO_FLOPPIES doesn't disable drivers.conf handling but it probably should since if you aren't using floppies you are booting from GENERIC and don't need modules in the mfsroot or on a non-existent third floppy. I'll test that later. If you want to build an Alpha release, you basically need to use NO_FLOPPIES. I've got the Alpha BOOTMFS kernel down to having no network card drivers, only having the 'ahc' SCSI adapter driver (and support for ata controllers and disks) and it still doesn't fit. Someone else can try and pair it down further if they want, but I'm not going to put anymore time into it. I do want to explore the option of creating a smallish (< 10mb) ISO image that can be dd'd onto the start of a hard disk and booted from that basically contains just the kernel and loader and mfsroot so one can boot from it and then do an NFS/FTP/etc. install. -- John Baldwin <>< 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 cvs-all" in the body of the message