Re: 5.3-Beta7 share/examples/diskless/clone_root : wrong "options MFS" entry

From: Jose M Rodriguez <josemi_at_freebsd.jazztel.es>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 18:52:58 +0200
El Miércoles, 13 de Octubre de 2004 18:30, spam maps escribió:
> Jose M Rodriguez wrote:
> > spam maps escribió:
> >>spam maps wrote:
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>>The file
> >>> /usr/src/share/examples/diskless/clone_root
> >>>describes these options to be needed in
> >>>the kernel config file:
> >>>
> >>>#       options MFS
> >>>
> >>>However, MFS is no longer supported since 5.X
> >>>and this may unnecessary confuse people who
> >>>want to have a diskless boot kernel.
> >>>
> >>>Can someone fix this?
> >
> > Yes,  you.
>
> Funny! But I do not have access to FreeBSD CVS :).
>
> Of course I'm trying to fix this on my own system,
> but this clone_root example has so many 4.X
> specific items, that need to be changed to 5.X
> style.

No. they are 3.X indeed.

>
> Such mistakes should be ironed out in 5.X, because
> diskless boot is not that easy and novices get
> too easily stuck because of this.
>
> I hope very soon to have a working patch to
> this clone_root example file, and maybe patches
> to other parts as well.
>

I don't try it.  IMHO  it's better take the concepts and begin from 
scratch.
 
--
  josemi
Received on Wed Oct 13 2004 - 16:27:19 UTC

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