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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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 05:00:44PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 23-Jul-2003 Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > ru 2003/07/23 13:53:37 PDT > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > release Makefile > > release/i386 mkisoimages.sh > > Log: > > Added the (undocumented) EMUL_BOOT variable (for TARGET=i386 only) > > that causes the bootable ISO images to be created using the floppy > > emulation (the old method) as opposed to the new "cdboot" method. > > > > Only copy boot.flp to the 2nd CD-ROM if this variable is defined. > > > > Reviewed by: murray > > I would always copy the floppy. The reason is so that all of the needed > bits for both boot types are available to vendors. > 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. > 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, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software Ltd, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/HvpvUkv4P6juNwoRAiPPAJ9GdlglpO4tShXRu0MKhFtrNm0EFACaAuhy w/QQdYF9IWsyJ5HVFTLiGgs= =Ey9G -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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