Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 11:31:53 -0700 From: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /boot.foo madness Message-ID: <199707211831.LAA12016@kithrup.com>
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In article <28688.869506407.kithrup.freebsd.current@time.cdrom.com> you write: >Hmmm. It's a slightly divergent topic, but I guess I should also say >that I favor putting these new foo.config files into a /boot >subdirectory here and now before they get doc'd in too many places. >I think too many new files have gone into / at this point. You know, there *is* something to be said about the SysVr4 method of having a "/boot" filesystem, with a simplified FS for it. (The simplified FS [no subdirectories, no non-file types, no indirect blocks] means that the boot program can generally be easier.) I don't know if we would be able to go this way, though, because it would require changing the partitioning, which would make doing an upgrade a lot harder. Still, it may be worth thinking about. Sean.
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