From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jun 3 16:51:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA02930 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 16:51:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA02900 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 16:51:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA01739; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 15:44:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199806032244.PAA01739@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Terry Lambert cc: bag@sinbin.demos.su (Alex G. Bulushev), eivind@yes.no, sepotvin@videotron.ca, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I see one major problem with DEVFS... In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 03 Jun 1998 23:44:10 -0000." <199806032344.QAA08803@usr04.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 15:44:42 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > You *are* aware that it's currently impossible to netboot a FreeBSD > box diskless off a DEC Alpha running OSF/1 at this point because the > OSF/1 FS is incapable of representing the requisite FreeBSD minor > number space, right? Actually, it is possible as long as you don't want disks on your workstation. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message