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Subject: Re: 3 floppy system for -current releases
In-Reply-To: <20020808185304.31882.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com> from Hiten Pandya at "Aug 8, 2002 11:53:04 am"
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> 
> --- Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > > Index: release/i386/drivers.conf
> > > ===================================================================
> > > [ ... ]
> > > +CD9660	cd9660		3	options "ISO 9660 Filesystem"
> > > +MSDOSFS	msdosfs		3	options	"MSDOS filsystem"
> > > +NFSCLIENT	nfsclient	3	options "Network Filesystem Client"
> > >  SYSVSHM	sysvshm		2	options "SYSV-style shared memory"
> > >  SYSVMSG	sysvmsg		2	options "SYSV-style message queues"
> > >  SYSVSEM	sysvsem		2	options "SYSV-style semaphores"
> > > 
> > Hrm, I can probably agree on moving nfsclient.ko and msdosfs.ko to the 3rd
> > floppy, but certainly not the cd9660 support.
> 
> Just wondering, isn't nfsclient.ko, and msdosfs.ko used for the sysinstall(8)
> functionality of: "Installing using different methods" (NFS, DOS etc.)?  Or
> am I very wrong?

You can still use it. After mfsroot.flp has been loaded, the drive is
available because it is running from a RAM disk. So you just load the
drivers you need from the third floppy (if you need any) and go on
with the installation.

John
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John Hay -- John.Hay@icomtek.csir.co.za / jhay@FreeBSD.org

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