From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 5 13:19:43 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA19511 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 13:19:43 -0700 Received: from etinc.com (etinc-gw.new-york.net [165.254.13.209]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA19501 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 13:19:38 -0700 Received: from websurfer.etinc.com (websurfer.etinc.com [204.141.95.5]) by etinc.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA19166; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 16:25:20 -0400 Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 16:25:20 -0400 Message-Id: <199510052025.QAA19166@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: Multi-floppy Install (Re: FreeBSD 2.1 will require a minimum of 8MB for installation.) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >After having to move the disks over to a second system to install a system, >because the GENERIC kernel didn't do it, and seeing this... > >I think the one floppy install was a really nifty idea, but it's a big >problem to have an install floppy you can't mount or boot from an alternate >kernel. > >(ok, you *can* mount the boot.flp, but all it's got is /kernel!) > >There are just too many reasons one might need to build a special install >floppy, and right now that's too much of a black art to keep this magic >mfs-booted kernel as the only install set. A multi-floppy set is much more >practical. > > 1. You can install with new drivers. > 2. You can install with *patched* drivers. > 3. You can install with a stripped kernel. > 4. You can modify the install for special circumstances, like > putting your third-party proprietary stuff in there. > >You lose a little flash. You gain a lot of functionality. > Right on! db ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Boards and Routers for Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC and X.25