Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/i386/conf

[James Chacon <jmc%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 09:16:02AM +1000, Daniel Carosone wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 10:57:19PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> > 
> > Module Name:        src
> > Committed By:       christos
> > Date:               Tue Jun 28 22:57:19 UTC 2005
> > 
> > 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.
> 

Also, doesn't the image do /dev on MFS?

James