5.3-Beta7 share/examples/diskless/clone_root : wrong "options
MFS" entry
Jose M Rodriguez
josemi at freebsd.jazztel.es
Wed Oct 13 11:27:19 PDT 2004
El Miércoles, 13 de Octubre de 2004 18:30, spam maps escribió:
> Jose M Rodriguez wrote:
> > spam maps escribió:
> >>spam maps wrote:
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>>The file
> >>> /usr/src/share/examples/diskless/clone_root
> >>>describes these options to be needed in
> >>>the kernel config file:
> >>>
> >>># options MFS
> >>>
> >>>However, MFS is no longer supported since 5.X
> >>>and this may unnecessary confuse people who
> >>>want to have a diskless boot kernel.
> >>>
> >>>Can someone fix this?
> >
> > Yes, you.
>
> Funny! But I do not have access to FreeBSD CVS :).
>
> Of course I'm trying to fix this on my own system,
> but this clone_root example has so many 4.X
> specific items, that need to be changed to 5.X
> style.
No. they are 3.X indeed.
>
> Such mistakes should be ironed out in 5.X, because
> diskless boot is not that easy and novices get
> too easily stuck because of this.
>
> I hope very soon to have a working patch to
> this clone_root example file, and maybe patches
> to other parts as well.
>
I don't try it. IMHO it's better take the concepts and begin from
scratch.
--
josemi
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