Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 15:41:49 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys Makefile Message-ID: <20000817154149.O65562@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <200008170543.WAA82174@freefall.freebsd.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 10:43:42PM -0700 References: <200008170543.WAA82174@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 10:43:42PM -0700, John Baldwin wrote:
> Modified files:
> sys Makefile
> Log:
> Add in a hack that installs 'src/sys/${MACHINE_ARCH}/GENERIC.hints' as
> /boot/device.hints in the bin dist during releases so that current snapshots
> have a chance of booting up ok after installing. The real fix for this
> problem is to rewrite userconfig in Forth, stick it in the loader, axe
> userconfig from the kernel, and extract the hints from the booted kernel in
> sysinstall similar to the way we generate /boot/kernel.conf right now. For
> now, however, this will have to do.
well, now if we get ftp working in sysinstall, we can install off of current
snapshots once again...
--
Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc.
billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org
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