Re: CVS commit: src/distrib

[Andrew Doran <ad%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 05:48:16PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 03:49:52PM +0000, Andrew Doran wrote:
> > 
> > Module Name:        src
> > Committed By:       ad
> > Date:               Fri Nov 21 15:49:52 UTC 2008
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> >     src/distrib/cdrom: current.conf
> >     src/distrib/i386: Makefile
> >     src/distrib/i386/cdroms: Makefile.cdrom
> >     src/distrib/i386/cdroms/bootcd: Makefile boot.cfg.in
> >     src/distrib/i386/cdroms/bootcd-com: Makefile
> >     src/distrib/i386/cdroms/installcd: Makefile boot.cfg.in
> >     src/distrib/i386/ramdisks/common: dot.profile
> > Removed Files:
> >     src/distrib/i386/kmod: Makefile
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > Switch the i386 installation CDs away from RAM disks and instead use the
> > CD-ROM as the root file system. It contains a limited subset of $DESTDIR
> > along with sysinst. This will help to massively reduce the amount of memory
> > needed to install from CD or netboot, and allow us to continue using the
> > generic kernel on the CDs.
> 
> Unless there's a way to have the root of the filesystem as a subdir of
> the cd this means that mutli-arch install iso image are dead,
> at last for x86 ...

Yes. Out of curiosity, how popular are they on your ftp mirror in comparison
with the standard isos?

Andrew