"Grant Beattie" wrote:

> Not sure if this is a port-i386 topic or not..

It is.. read on.

> Is it possible to boot from an LFS file system? I found a couple of references
> to it while looking last night, but /usr/mdec/installboot says it expects an
> ffs file system.

The way the bootblocks work on the i386 requires that the block numbers
of /boot be hardcoded.  Since an LFS is free to move files around, at
some point in time the first stage bootblocks won't be able to find
/boot and you're hosed.

> Any hints?

Don't use a PC :-(  At least pmax and alpha support booting of an LFS,
maybe others too.

Simon.
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