Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/i386/conf
To: Christos Zoulas <christos@netbsd.org>
From: James Chacon <jmc@netbsd.org>
List: source-changes
Date: 06/28/2005 21:27:30
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 09:16:02AM +1000, Daniel Carosone wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 10:57:19PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> > 
> > Module Name:	src
> > Committed By:	christos
> > Date:		Tue Jun 28 22:57:19 UTC 2005
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> > 	src/sys/arch/i386/conf: INSTALL
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > Make this fit:
> > 1. remove MFS, not useful during installation.
> 
> Just FYI, it most certainly is useful, for at least some (ab?)uses of
> these images.  A common case in point is that restore(8) can need to
> write largish files in /tmp.
> 
> It's not crucial (one could temporarily make a real ffs in the swap
> partition you're likely to be using along with the MFS), but it is
> most convenient.
> 

Also, doesn't the image do /dev on MFS?

James