Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:38:36 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Jason Young <doogie@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.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: <4708.900628716@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Jul 1998 17:20:52 CDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980716171403.29873A-100000@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com>
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It would be possible, yes. Who wants to do the work? :-) - Jordan P.S. Don't look at me - I've already paid my dues with that evil program. :) > > 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 write s: > > > >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 term inal > > > > > > 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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