Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 02:56:02 +0400 From: Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexander Yerenkow <yerenkow@gmail.com> Cc: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD as read-only firmware Message-ID: <534994431.20121104025602@serebryakov.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <CAPJF9w=x%2BiSN9BuEcq8KOM7px1-B_n0oDfeFsyWkWesTCLDjhw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPJF9wmO-oO7cy4XUwnTMb5cpD14TaK430rWW2nqodBFWw54DQ@mail.gmail.com> <1167404891.20121103170049@serebryakov.spb.ru> <CAPJF9wmVPxMDBqyy=Dqdnb%2BZ33f_wLDx9CFbk_oSEx4inboK6A@mail.gmail.com> <CAGH67wQORX7_N6-ggpeaLFzj0Gcy9H64EO91gHi2pcuGTE3CfQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAPJF9w=x%2BiSN9BuEcq8KOM7px1-B_n0oDfeFsyWkWesTCLDjhw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello, Alexander.
You wrote 4 =D0=BD=D0=BE=D1=8F=D0=B1=D1=80=D1=8F 2012 =D0=B3., 2:12:03:
AY> Quick glance to nanobsd give me impression that:
AY> 1) nanobsd is MBR based, so :
AY> 2) nanobsd is disk-name-change sensitive.
Here are patches to support GPT
AY> GPT way is better - I'm using r${REV} as label, and root can be mounted=
no
AY> matter how many other "firmware's" present, or how disks are ordered.
AY> BTW, due to bug 173309 I had to rebuild and update my server, which took
AY> only few minutes for reboot.
AY> Well, nanobsd is great thing, I'll look into it a bit more, but it's go=
al
AY> to have minified FreeBSD, while I need read-only one.
No. Its goal is to have RO and ACID-upgradable system (with two code
slices for this).
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// Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org>
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