cvs commit: src/release Makefile

John Baldwin john at baldwin.cx
Thu Jan 29 16:21:28 PST 2004


On Thursday 29 January 2004 02:01 pm, John Baldwin wrote:
> jhb         2004/01/29 11:01:58 PST
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     release              Makefile
>   Log:
>   - Tweak order of arch fs options to stick all floppy options together and
>     all MFS root options together and in the same order on all archs.
>   - Drop support for using the no longer existing 2.88 floppy image for CD
>     booting on i386 via the EMUL_BOOT variable.
>   - Use a stock loader on the boot floppy rather than one without forth.
>   - Force the gzip of the mfsroot in release.9 to succeed.  This is useful
>     when doing lots of rereleases when testing floppy changes.
>   - If an acpi kernel module exists, stick it on the boot floppy and for
>     now always load it after the kernel.

The next step will be to use the standard forth scripts on the boot floppies 
including the now infamous beastie menu.  It looks like I can pull that off 
by using the 'foo_before' variables for the mfsroot and acpi modules to run a 
command to prompt the user for the boot floppy before loading the module.

-- 
John Baldwin <john at baldwin.cx>  <><  http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/
"Power Users Use the Power to Serve"  =  http://www.FreeBSD.org

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