Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:26:40 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern.flp blown out again Message-ID: <20010913112640.C45320@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20010913020057E.jkh@freebsd.org>; from jkh@freebsd.org on Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 02:00:57AM -0700 References: <20010913014332U.jkh@freebsd.org> <20010913105806.B45320@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20010913020057E.jkh@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 02:00:57AM -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > > Hm. Isn't this a strong sign that something fundamental must be done > > about the boot floppy process? Alpha has been suffering from this longer > > already due to the bigger binaries. > > Hey, be my guest, just so long as we can install from whatever you I knew you would say that ;) > come up with. :-) Seriously, the fact that it needs fundamental fixing > is why we're still using what we do. It's just easier to keep > band-aiding it, as ugly a scenario as that might be. Until you have to leave something essential out and then we are SOL. For alpha I could think of only supporting CD installs, and drop floppies altogether. This follows DECs/CPQs convention of only supporting OS installs from CD. Say a special install CD without packages (140MB or so). <now ducks from cover> W/ -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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