Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 15:42:24 +0200 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: fixit.flp full again Message-ID: <3CA1CC40.8A6CE87A@FreeBSD.org> References: <200203270709.g2R79BG37721@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za>
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John Hay wrote: > > > > A make release breaks because the fixit floppy is too big again. So what > > > can we do to get it smaller? Anybody got any ideas or shall we just choose > > > a random utility and delete it? > > > > I think that we really should move to using new loader(8) feature for > > loading kernels/modules split across several physical medias. See cvs > > logs for src/lib/libstand/splitfs.c for details. > > Uhm, but splitting kernels and modules won't help the fixit floppy? Or > am I missing something? Gmm, yes, it seems that your are entirely correct - in its current form it couldn't be split. We should consider putting fixit files onto a MD disk image instead, which then could be compressed/split across several medias. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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