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Date:      Thu, 24 Jul 2003 00:13:19 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:    Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile src/release/i386 mkisoimages.sh
Message-ID:  <20030723211319.GD41895@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20030723170044.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200307232053.h6NKrb0P032154@repoman.freebsd.org> <XFMail.20030723170044.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 05:00:44PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
>=20
> On 23-Jul-2003 Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > ru          2003/07/23 13:53:37 PDT
> >=20
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >=20
> >   Modified files:
> >     release              Makefile=20
> >     release/i386         mkisoimages.sh=20
> >   Log:
> >   Added the (undocumented) EMUL_BOOT variable (for TARGET=3Di386 only)
> >   that causes the bootable ISO images to be created using the floppy
> >   emulation (the old method) as opposed to the new "cdboot" method.
> >  =20
> >   Only copy boot.flp to the 2nd CD-ROM if this variable is defined.
> >  =20
> >   Reviewed by:    murray
>=20
> I would always copy the floppy.  The reason is so that all of the needed
> bits for both boot types are available to vendors.
>=20
Running "make release" with -DEMUL_BOOT but without -DMAKE_ISOS does
just that.  My intent was for a standard "make release" to not have
unnecessary bits.  There's no point in cdrom/disc2/floppies/boot.flp
if we aren't even going to use it.

> I can see vendors
> taking the contents of an ISO, mounting it using mdconfig, adding more
> bit in another dir, then using mkisofs to generate a new ISO with a
> different boot method.  This would be done w/o rolling an entire release
> but using the ISO from the Project's release.  In other words, I don't
> think we should require vendors to roll an entire release just to use
> boot.flp instead of cdboot or vice versa.  Please just leave both cdboot
> and boot.flp on both ISOs.
>=20
boot.flp is always available on the 1st disc in a set anyway; I don't
see a problem copying it from here to the custom 2nd disc.


Cheers,
--=20
Ruslan Ermilov		Sysadmin and DBA,
ru@sunbay.com		Sunbay Software Ltd,
ru@FreeBSD.org		FreeBSD committer

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