From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Oct 18 10: 6:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5F2014C18 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:06:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA25313 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 19:06:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id TAA78555 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 19:06:04 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (picasso.transbay.net [209.133.53.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18BFB14C33 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:05:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id TAA06155; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 19:05:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Terry Lambert Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The eventual fate of BLOCK devices. In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 15 Oct 1999 01:21:04 -0000." <199910150121.SAA20401@usr01.primenet.com> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 19:05:32 +0200 Message-ID: <6153.940266332@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <199910150121.SAA20401@usr01.primenet.com>, Terry Lambert writes: >Here's an argument I haven't heard before, and then a response to >Julian: > > >Question 1: How will I netboot my non-FreeBSD OS that > requires block devices using an NFS mounted > / containing that OS's /dev, if FreeBSD can > not support block devices in its FS? No, it will not affect this. The open of a special node happens on the client side, and stat(2) will return the right thing. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message