Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 17:20:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Jason Young <doogie@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Make release fails because kernel is too large Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980716171403.29873A-100000@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com> In-Reply-To: <4192.900619639@time.cdrom.com>
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Would it be possible to split sysinstall into: A bootstrap program that knows how to locate and mount media or establish network connections and pull into MFS and: The rest of sysinstall: newfs, partition, distributions, packages, final machine configuration, etc. If you split the two portions up, the first boot floppy could bootstrap the main sysinstall off the installation media (cdrom, ftp, whatever). This would allow you to grow sysinstall as big as you want and free up room for a larger kernel with more base hardware support. Jason Young ANET Chief Network Engineer On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > I'll look into the kernel and see what can be sed'd out specifically > for the boot floppy. Fortunately, we do this already for an number of > items (like the NFS server code) so it's easy to add new stuff to the > list. > > - Jordan > > > In message <199807161646.JAA26999@austin.polstra.com>, John Polstra writes: > > >Make release of -current is failing, because the install kernel is > > >too large to fit into the filesystem on the boot floppy: > > > > Hmm, what was it Jordan said to me that made me agree to kill the 1200K > > boot floppy, "and with 1.44 we have plenty of space for a couple of years > > at least, well, maybe not that long time but you get the idea..." > > > > You were right. What's next Jordan ? > > > > -- > > Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member > > phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." > > "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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