Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:28:47 -0700 | From | Joel Becker <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kdevt-diff |
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On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 06:18:20PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:11:10 PDT, Joel Becker said: > > I guess I'm wondering what made you choose "consistency across > > legacy filesystems" over "consistency across our expanded device space". > > I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say that being able to > boot using the /dev on an iso9660 CD is a requirement for most distros?
Um, most distros mount a ramdisk. Also, the number of devices needed for a boot surely fit in the 8:8 legacy space? I'm willing to hear dissent, I just wanted to know the rationale.
Joel
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