From owner-freebsd-current Sun Nov 29 16:03:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA18327 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 16:03:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.ftf.dk (mail.ftf.net [129.142.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA18297 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 16:03:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from regnauld@EU.org) Received: from mail.prosa.dk ([192.168.100.254]) by mail.ftf.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8/gw-ftf-1.0) with ESMTP id BAA07577; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 01:15:54 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from regnauld@EU.org) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.ftf.dk: Host [192.168.100.254] claimed to be mail.prosa.dk Received: from deepo.prosa.dk (deepo.prosa.dk [192.168.100.10]) by mail.prosa.dk (8.8.8/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) with ESMTP id BAA20279; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 01:04:04 +0100 (CET) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by deepo.prosa.dk (8.8.8/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) with UUCP id BAA26436; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 01:07:11 +0100 (CET) Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by stimpy.prosa.dk (8.9.1/8.9.1/stimpy-1.0) id PAA11229; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 15:41:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from regnauld) Message-ID: <19981129154109.46288@stimpy.prosa.dk> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 15:41:09 +0100 From: Phil Regnauld To: Marius Bendiksen Cc: Robert Nordier , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? References: <50633.911996966@zippy.cdrom.com> <199811251255.OAA16516@ceia.nordier.com> <3.0.5.32.19981125194144.009a08e0@mail.scancall.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981125194144.009a08e0@mail.scancall.no>; from Marius Bendiksen on Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 07:41:44PM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 Phone: +45 3336 4148 Address: Ahlefeldtsgade 16, 1359 Copenhagen K, Denmark Organization: PROSA Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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