From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jul 24 22:56:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA15990 for current-outgoing; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 22:56:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA15924 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 22:54:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id PAA20340; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 15:22:18 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707250552.PAA20340@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Boot file system idea! Slick In-Reply-To: <199707242126.OAA18195@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Jul 24, 97 02:26:12 pm" To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 15:22:18 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, terry@lambert.org, imp@rover.village.org, pechter@lakewood.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > Well, it would help with the MIPS, PPC, and Alpha ports, for sure. > > > The PReP spec requires a DOS partition table, though it allows 32 > > > bit sector offsets. > > > > DOS partition table != FAT bootstrap filesystem. > > Motorolla PowerStak PPC 603/604, pre OpenFirmware == FAT. On a good day, Terry, I can just discard your mail when you start to become annoying and irrelevant. Perhaps today isn't the best. This is the second message from you, in succession, in which you have discarded enough original context to sound resonable, whilst actually not being helpful at all. _Please_ refrain from trying to look smart to the detriment of the purpose of the discussion. In the first instance, very few device drivers require user account details. In the above instance, the trivial response is that the FAT filesystem requirement simply requires a slightly larger bootstrap, with a FAT tacked on the front. > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[