> * If the miniroot is in swap:
> * 
> * 	Teach NetBSD to use the swap drive as a file system, and not
> * 	to swap, of course ;)
> * 
> * 	This miniroot would then newfs the partitions, configure the
> * 	net, prompt for floppies, etc.
> * 
> * Thoughts?
>
>The problem with having the miniroot installed in swap is the same
>problem from which StunOS suffers now:  You can't then change the
>size of the root partition.  (I'm applying this to the i386 port as
>there currently is no choice under the SPARC port.)

I was assuming the partitions would be set up already, and all that
needed to be done was to load the binaries and such on the root and
usr partitions.

--Michael

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