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Subject: Re: kernel + embedded sysinstall mfsroot?
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on 09/06/2011 04:55 William Pitcock said the following:
> Hi,
> 
> Is anyone working on building install kernels with embedded mfsroot
> (which you then go in over console to do the actual install obviously)?
> 
> If not, would anyone be interested in working on that if a bounty were
> offered?  I think it would be helpful to improving the port if it were
> easy to install FreeBSD in Xen from scratch (which would improve motivation
> for testing).


mfsBSD could be something like what you describe.

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Andriy Gapon