Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 15:41:09 +0100 From: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@EU.org> To: Marius Bendiksen <Marius.Bendiksen@scancall.no> Cc: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? Message-ID: <19981129154109.46288@stimpy.prosa.dk> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981125194144.009a08e0@mail.scancall.no>; from Marius Bendiksen on Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 07:41:44PM %2B0100 References: <50633.911996966@zippy.cdrom.com> <199811251255.OAA16516@ceia.nordier.com> <3.0.5.32.19981125194144.009a08e0@mail.scancall.no>
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Marius Bendiksen writes: > > This is a good point, which I forgot in my posting. While the OS/2 EA's > have the advantage of utilising an existing standard, this approach would > offer us the ability to transparently use any filesystem. Though the 255 > character filename requirement should go. We can stick the long filenames > in a seperate file or EA. What's wrong with: 1) mount -t msdos /dev/somefatsystem /mnt/dos 2) vnconfig /dev/vnc0c /mnt/dos/freebsd.fs ? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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