On Friday 15 June 2007 12:52:03 pm Xin LI wrote: > Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > If memory serves me right, Ken Smith wrote: > >> On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 14:41 +0000, Ken Smith wrote: > >>> kensmith 2007-06-15 14:41:11 UTC > >>> > >>> FreeBSD src repository > >>> > >>> Modified files: > >>> release/i386 fixit_crunch.conf > >>> Log: > >>> The i386 "fixit" floppy began overflowing, most likely due to the new > >>> gcc. Replace vi(1) with ed(1) as the editor to make the contents fit > >>> on a floppy again. > >>> > >>> Revision Changes Path > >>> 1.15 +2 -4 src/release/i386/fixit_crunch.conf > >> Needing to deal with this was almost enough motivation to stop > >> supporting floppies for the 7.X release but I decided that was a bit too > >> drastic (just barely :-). > >> > >> But I think this does signal the end. Please plan around floppy support > >> being nuked from HEAD some time fairly shortly after RELENG_7 gets > >> branched (meaning no floppy support for 8.X). > > > > Clarification: This means "no support for floppy install or fixit > > media". We're *not* talking about dropping support for floppy drives. > > It would be nice if we can also get rid of some workaorund to make > loader(8) fit the floppy, e.g. to enable bzip2 support by default, on > 8-CURRENT 8-)
Actually, since 7.x uses split_mfsroot on i386 now, that should work now as well (assuming the resulting loader is still under 1MB in size, which it has to be anyway) -- John Baldwin _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
