Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:42:16 -0500 From: "Stephane Potvin" <sepotvin@videotron.ca> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, "Stephane Potvin" <sepotvin@videotron.ca> Cc: <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: ARM support Message-ID: <000301bf29ff$d5936830$0100000a@stephanep.bishop> In-Reply-To: <3826EAF5.B0C5EA55@newsguy.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel C. Sobral [mailto:dcs@newsguy.com] > Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 10:24 AM > To: Stephane Potvin > Cc: hackers@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ARM support > > > Stephane Potvin wrote: > > > > > Mmmmm... have you tried ext2fs? > > > > Yes, loading from an ext2fs partition works fine. Well, I tried for the > > last 10 minutes to find a suitable way to tell in a manner that > would not > > sounds religious that using ext2fs is not really an option to no avail. > > I guess that my english skills are not that good :-) > > Thanks for the suggestion though. > > Hehhehe. :-) > > See, the *only* thing you need on ext2fs is /boot/*. You create a > fake root with fully-populated /boot on an ext2fs, and the real root > (including the kernel) on another partition. Since *loader* groks > ufs, you should be ok. > > Actually, /kernel, /kernel.old may also reside on ext2fs, as they > not used after being loaded by loader. > > Anyway, as the end result, your system will be running fully ufs > once booted. Special care will be needed when installing/upgrading > boot stuff, but... Amen. This will be far less complicated that what I had in mind originally. Thanks for the tip. I'll keep you posted on the developments. Steph -- Stephane E. Potvin InnoMediaLogic Inc. - http://www.multichassis.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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