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Subject: Re: Build is complete
To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 15:04:03 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <808.842532489@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Sep 12, 96 05:48:09 am
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Jordan K. Hubbard writes:
>
>>> you don't have vn configured into your kernel. :-)
>>
>> Indeed.  I suppose this should be documented.
>
> And indeed it is, on page 220 of your very own "The Complete FreeBSD"
> book. :-)

What did I tell you?  RTFM!

More seriously, what it says (said) is:  

  Vnode driver.  Allows a file to be treated as a device after being
  set up with the \fIvnconfig\fP command.  This driver can be useful
  for manipulating floppy disk images and using a file as a swap
  device (e.g. an MS Windows swap file). Optional.

Nothing there about needing it for building a release.  I've changed
it to the following, which I submit for general comments and flames:

  Vnode driver.  Allows a file to be treated as a device after being
  set up with the \fIvnconfig\fP command.  This driver can be useful
  for manipulating floppy disk images and using a file as a swap
  device (e.g. an MS Windows swap file).  You also need this driver if
  you want to build a FreeBSD release, which you might want to do to
  get a boot floppy.  This book doesn't discuss boot floppies in any
  more detail.

Greg