Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 00:23:43 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, bag@sinbin.demos.su, eivind@yes.no, sepotvin@videotron.ca, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I see one major problem with DEVFS... Message-ID: <199806040023.RAA12127@usr04.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199806032244.PAA01739@dingo.cdrom.com> from "Mike Smith" at Jun 3, 98 03:44:42 pm
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> > 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. Sory; it's been too long since I've been forced into a Sun indoctrination camp... the correct terminology from Sun is "dataless"; ie: with local disk, usually only for swap, but getting / and /usr via NFS. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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