From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 11:45:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA15537B407 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:45:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail8.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40CD843FAF for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:45:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 28850 invoked from network); 22 Jul 2003 18:45:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 22 Jul 2003 18:45:49 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6MIjiGI043044; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:45:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20030722183959.GB80514@sunbay.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:46:00 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Ruslan Ermilov cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:45:55 -0000 On 22-Jul-2003 Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 02:26:28PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: >> >> On 22-Jul-2003 Ruslan Ermilov wrote: >> > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 10:39:12AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: >> >> On Tuesday 22 July 2003 05:04 am, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: >> >> > ru 2003/07/22 02:04:09 PDT >> >> > >> >> > FreeBSD src repository >> >> > >> >> > Modified files: >> >> > release Makefile >> >> > Log: >> >> > /floppies/boot.flp is no longer necessary on bootable i386 CD-ROMs. >> >> > >> >> > Forgotten by: jhb >> >> >> >> I left it there so that people can choose which method they want to use >> >> to make bootable CD's. It was intentional, not a bug. The method is >> >> chosen at mkisofs invocation time, not when laying out the hierarchy. >> >> >> > How they can choose it? >> >> They don't use MAKE_ISOS and invoke mkisofs on their own. I have never >> used MAKE_ISOS when building a release and have always used my own buildreliso >> script. >> > So you agree there's no sense to keep the boot.flp on the second > CD-ROM image in official version? Your own script can take care > of copying it to the CD-ROM if necessary. No, my intention was to allow distributors like FreeBSD Mall, BSD Mall, etc. to easily choose which method they wanted to use. I.e., if they weren't comfortable with cdboot, they could still roll an ISO from the same tree using boot.flp without having to jump through hoops. However, if no one wants to use boot.flp anymore, then it should be removed outright since 2.88 floppies don't "really" exist in a useful fashion. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/