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To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:39:00 +0000
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Cc: Doug Rabson <dfr@freebsd.org>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@freebsd.org>,
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Subject: Re: [CFC/CFT] large changes in the loader(8) code
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I would like to point out that all other operating system which has
had this precise problem, have solved it by adding a bootfs partition
to hold the kernel+modules required to truly understand the disk-layout ?

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