Subject: Re: install/37521: qemu install from NetBSD-current install floppiesfails
To: None <install-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Stephen Borrill <sborrill@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/12/2007 11:45:05
The following reply was made to PR install/37521; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Stephen Borrill <sborrill@netbsd.org>
To: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
Cc: gson@gson.org, gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: install/37521: qemu install from NetBSD-current install floppiesfails
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:45:06 +0000
Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
> gson@gson.org wrote:
>
>> Adding a prompt to reinsert disk 1 before the boot prompt would be a
>> possible fix, but not a very good one since it would mean the user
>> has to perform a total of four floppy insertions instead of two.
>
> The possible fix is to disable boot.cfg support
> (which has been imported by Stephen Borrill)
> if the target file system is a ustarfs.
Yes, it would be best to use -DSMALL when building /boot for floppies. I
suspect we are using the same /boot throughout (though I've not
checked). Or as Izumi suggests, we detect the target file system type
and return early from parsebootconf().
--
Dr. Stephen Borrill
http://www.netbsd.org/~sborrill/