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From: bryanh@giraffe-data.com (Bryan Henderson)
To: acahalan@gmail.com
Cc: kzak@redhat.com, ethanol@armory.com, ams@gnu.org,
	P@draigbrady.com, util-linux-ng@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: splitting util-linux (was: kill)
Date: 22 Dec 2006 07:13:47 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <60569.bryanh@giraffe-data.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <787b0d920612212212s1ca3179jf037fc71f3f28498@mail.gmail.com> (acahalan@gmail.com)

>I see rdev. If I remember right, that's used for the pre-2.6 kernels
>when you use "dd" to put a raw kernel image on a floppy.

Yeah, that's classic Unix.  I don't think it was ever actually used
much for floppy disks, because you can also just put a filesystem and
LILO on a floppy; that's what I've always done.  I didn't know they
eliminated the integrated boot loader in 2.6.

-- 
Bryan Henderson                                   San Jose, California

  reply	other threads:[~2006-12-22  7:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <787b0d920612192242x3788f4bfh3be846d4188e3767@mail.gmail.com>
2006-12-20  8:57 ` kill (was: Re: util-linux: orphan) Karel Zak
2006-12-20 10:03   ` kill Pádraig Brady
2006-12-20 10:45     ` kill Karel Zak
2006-12-20 21:45       ` kill Alfred M. Szmidt
2006-12-20 23:55         ` kill Karel Zak
2006-12-21  4:10           ` kill Evan Hunt
2006-12-21 16:34             ` splitting util-linux (was: kill) Bryan Henderson
2006-12-21 21:53               ` Karel Zak
2006-12-22  6:12                 ` Albert Cahalan
2006-12-22  7:13                   ` Bryan Henderson [this message]
2006-12-22  9:06                     ` Albert Cahalan
2006-12-22  7:23                   ` Bryan Henderson
2006-12-22  7:45                   ` Evan Hunt
2006-12-22  8:07                     ` Karel Zak
2006-12-22  8:45                       ` Evan Hunt
2006-12-22 11:03                         ` Karel Zak
2006-12-22 16:52                           ` Evan Hunt
2006-12-22 12:32                       ` Ian Kent
2006-12-22 10:24                   ` Karel Zak
2006-12-22 14:50                     ` Mark Rosenstand
2006-12-22 17:38                     ` Albert Cahalan
2006-12-25 20:03                     ` Albert Cahalan
2006-12-25 22:50                       ` Bryan Henderson
2006-12-22  6:44                 ` Bryan Henderson
2006-12-22  7:52                   ` Karel Zak
2006-12-21 10:51           ` kill Alfred M. Szmidt
2006-12-21 11:39             ` kill Martin Mares
2006-12-21 15:30               ` kill Karel Zak
2006-12-21 16:50               ` kill Alfred M. Szmidt
2006-12-21 17:38                 ` kill Albert Cahalan
2006-12-22  1:37                 ` kill Ian Kent
2006-12-20 15:00     ` kill Ian Kent
2006-12-20 16:58     ` kill Albert Cahalan
2006-12-20 16:33   ` kill (was: Re: util-linux: orphan) Albert Cahalan
2006-12-20 21:12     ` Karel Zak
2006-12-21  2:32       ` Albert Cahalan

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