Chris G. Demetriou wrote:
> So, the following ports implement md_copy_filesystem():
> 
> 	alpha	arm32	bebox
> 	i386	mac68k	pmax
> 
> All do approximately the same set of stuff: copy the root file
> system's contents over to the hard disk.  In the case of many/most
> installations, that's the contents of the ramdisk in the booted
> installation kernel.
> 
> Is there any reason that this is done, for any of these architectures,
> any more?

[snip]

> Is there any reason why this function is still implemented to copy
> bits to the disk on _any_ of the ports listed above?!

for mac68k we just copied what was there for i386, i believe.  so it's
just cruft that continues to get carried along.  i have a feeling this is
also the case for several other architectures.  it certainly takes a
needlessly long amount of time to complete on a slow disk, too...

later.

colin