Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:32:56 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, ru@FreeBSD.ORG, jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/i386 drivers.conf Message-ID: <20020724123256.A2494@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20020724150344.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 03:03:44PM -0400 References: <20020725033145Y.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> <XFMail.20020724150344.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 03:03:44PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 24-Jul-2002 Makoto Matsushita wrote: > > > > jhay> nfsclient.ko and msdosfs.ko exists nowadays, so in theory it can > > jhay> reside somewhere else. > > > > It seems that it's time to make the 3rd floppy for kernel modules... > > We could start using cdboot for CD installs, and then just tailor the > floppy installs a bit to people who don't normally use CD for installs. > I.e, favor network drivers over CD drivers. If we do this, can we please kill the mfsroot image? Having the files actually in the ISO image may be a bit less space efficent, but it should make the image a lot more PXE friendly. It's currently possiable to boot a system by pointing NFS and tftp at a mounted CD, but some things are weird because / ends up being the MFS root instead of the CD so you have to do an NFS install. It does work though. -- Brooks P.S. A totally awsome feature to add to the CD/DVD would be enough server support to boot a CD and hit a "make me an install server" button and have a PXE server running. -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9PwDoXY6L6fI4GtQRAtTmAKCNcp4QdIOWHCxlyirdnbGy9R/YxACbBYEa LWNb2qZCTdSq8lAyh6GAwR8= =SRKU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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