Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/i386/conf
To: Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
List: source-changes
Date: 06/29/2005 01:19:51
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Daniel Carosone wrote:
>> 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.

Isn't mfs used for /dev?


  - Hubert