From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 18 11:49:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (picasso.transbay.net [209.133.53.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1413C14C24 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 11:49:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA01374; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 11:41:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199910181841.LAA01374@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: James Howard Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KLDs In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 10 Oct 1999 23:15:15 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 11:41:38 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Is it possible to compile a kernel with no filesystems supported and have > the boot loader load FFS? I have built an FFS module but I have not yet > had time to test it. Frankly, I am kind of afraid to for fear of trashing > my system. As long as the kernel will compile with no filesystems, it should work just fine. > > > Has anyone else thought about this? Is this a good idea? Is this a > > > bad idea? > > > > Yes, Yes, Yes. > > Could you claify this? :) It's been thought about, and it has both good and bad features. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message