From owner-cvs-release Wed Feb 11 09:41:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA08977 for cvs-release-outgoing; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:41:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-release) 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 JAA08964; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:40:55 -0800 (PST) (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 JAA00580; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:40:48 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802111740.JAA00580@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-release@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/sysinstall devices.c floppy.c install.c menus.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 11 Feb 1998 07:43:22 PST." <199802111543.HAA23222@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:40:47 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-release@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > MFC: create devices only as needed. Gosh I sure wish those "extra" 56 > bytes in the boot blocks could be used to TEACH THE BOOT BLOCKS ABOUT > SLICES SO WE COULD GET RID OF THE %$#@*!! ROOT COMPATABILITY HACK. > While I'm wishing, I'd like world peace too. You want the bootblocks to know which slice they're loaded from, right? I can do this, but it will mean that anyone wanting to boot a 2.2.6+ kernel *must* update their bootblocks. Are we willing to accept this? -- \\ 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