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Date:      Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:32:56 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, ru@FreeBSD.ORG, jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/release/i386 drivers.conf
Message-ID:  <20020724123256.A2494@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20020724150344.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 03:03:44PM -0400
References:  <20020725033145Y.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> <XFMail.20020724150344.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 03:03:44PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
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> On 24-Jul-2002 Makoto Matsushita wrote:
> >=20
> > jhay> nfsclient.ko and msdosfs.ko exists nowadays, so in theory it can
> > jhay> reside somewhere else.
> >=20
> > It seems that it's time to make the 3rd floppy for kernel modules...
>=20
> We could start using cdboot for CD installs, and then just tailor the
> floppy installs a bit to people who don't normally use CD for installs.
> I.e, favor network drivers over CD drivers.

If we do this, can we please kill the mfsroot image?  Having the files
actually in the ISO image may be a bit less space efficent, but it
should make the image a lot more PXE friendly.  It's currently possiable
to boot a system by pointing NFS and tftp at a mounted CD, but some
things are weird because / ends up being the MFS root instead of the CD
so you have to do an NFS install.  It does work though.

-- Brooks

P.S. A totally awsome feature to add to the CD/DVD would be enough
server support to boot a CD and hit a "make me an install server"
button and have a PXE server running.

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