Subject: Re: rtsol missing from floppy
To: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@itojun.org>
From: James Chacon <jmc@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 03/01/2005 09:40:59
On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 06:23:35PM +0900, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 06:04:14PM +0900, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Rick Kelly wrote:
> > > > >> What use is ffs (fss?) snapshots for during installation?
> > > > >> Sounds like it should be disabled in the INSTALL* kernels and on the
> > > > >> floppy?
> > > 
> > > 	is it reasonable?  can i commit it?
> > 
> > How much space will that add to each of the floppies and install images
> > for each of the architectures?
> > 
> > Do any overflow as a result?
> > 
> > If that happens, what do you propose to delete to make the floppies fit?
> 
> 	rtsol HAS BEEN included in the list (don't remember if it was
> 	miniroot/list).  someone have removed it without knowing that it is
> 	essential for over-IPv6 installation.  if addition of rtsol causes
> 	overflow, i'm not a bad guy, bad guy is the person who have removed it
> 	(and added something).

At this point it doesn't really matter. Breaking the builds isn't acceptable
just to prove a point. It needs to be tested to see if it will fit.

> 
> 	anyways, i think we don't need both "shutdown" and "reboot/halt" on
> 	floppy.  we only need the latter.

Yeah, one could probably go

James