Bill Studenmund wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Colin Wood wrote:
> 
> > > We'd also have to add the ability to create files, which is the problem
> > > with libsa.
> > 
> > maybe i've missed something about the mac68k booter, but why exactly does
> > it need to be able to create files?
> 
> I thought we also wanted to update the installer, which'd need to be able
> to write & create.

ah.  might be a good idea.  if we can come up with a decent solution for
reading HFS under netbsd, then we could just go with sysinst, tho...
 
> If we're JUST messing with the booter, then libsa is the way to go, rather
> than pullin in the other source pieces.
> 
> sys/lib/libsa is a library for boot loaders so they don't have to worry
> about the deatils of the underlying fs.

is it worth expanding libsa to also include write/create support, or is
that just going to be extra bloat that no other port would use?

-colin