cvs commit: src/release Makefile

[Wilko Bulte]

On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 01:45:17PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote..
> On Monday 30 January 2006 11:15, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 09:30:02AM -0500, Ken Smith wrote..
> >
> > > On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 14:24 +0000, Ken Smith wrote:
> > > > kensmith    2006-01-30 14:24:31 UTC
> > > >
> > > >   FreeBSD src repository
> > > >
> > > >   Modified files:
> > > >     release              Makefile
> > > >   Log:
> > > >   Enable splitting up the MFSROOT floppy on amd64, the contents now
> > > > overflow one floppy's worth of space.
> > > >
> > > >   Revision  Changes    Path
> > > >   1.898     +1 -0      src/release/Makefile
> > >
> > > Note: I'm guilty of a pretty big crime here.  I can't locate my USB
> > > floppy drive at the moment and don't have any amd64 machines with "real"
> > > floppy drives in them.  I'll go buy another USB floppy drive tonight and
> > > test that the resulting floppies actually work.
> > >
> > > But we're overflowing the MFSROOT floppy and release builds on amd64
> > > were broken as a result.  If this commit does somehow result in busted
> > > floppies we need to fix other stuff to make it work, unless we somehow
> > > make what's needed in the MFSROOT floppy smaller we need split-floppies
> > > to work...
> > >
> > > I'll test ASAP regardless.
> >
> > Or give up on floppies altogether..
> 
> Alpha uses split mfsroot floppies, so the amd64 ones should work fine.  The 

I know :)  But who tests this stuff these days?  It proves difficult enough
to have people test CD images, let alone floppies.  Ah well, lets not
digress.

> actual tested floppies for amd64 didn't use a split mfsroot, but I think they 
> were built against 6.x where the mfsroot fit.

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Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org