Hi, On Jan 21, 2008 12:21 AM, Tim Kientzle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Adrian Penisoara wrote: > > Hello > > > > I am trying to hack in some symlink support into the > [sys/boot/i386/]boot2 > > bootloader (for my project [1]) and I seem to fall short of about 69 > bytes: > > > ... > > > > [1] I'm trying to get support for /boot being mounted as a separate FS > and > > as such I would need to have a "self-pointing" symlink (e.g. "boot -> ." > ) > > Just because there is a symlink doesn't mean boot2 has > to follow it. > > I haven't looked at the boot2 code, but I presume > there's the equivalent of "chdir boot" in there. > What if you just ignored failure (if there's no > "boot" entry or "boot" isn't a dir, assume the > boot files are in the root of the FS). > > Wouldn't that work just as well and require less space? Actually the code which should be modified is common for multiple platforms/loaders and I fear I might be breaking more things than resolving what I want. And I would not like adding yet another hardcoded "/boot" string in there ;). Thanks, Adrian Penisoara ROFUG / EnterpriseBSD _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
