not used partition ID 0x165 for many, many years, and the presence of
this option in INSTALL kernels can cause overwriting of existing FreeBSD
installations when sysinst writes back the disklabel. Those with very,
very old NetBSD installations may find that they must update their fdisk
partition tables to use partition ID 0x169 for their NetBSD partitions.
This seems like the best of a number of lousy choices for dealing with
this problem. Sysinst should perhaps grow code that asks whether an
existing 0x165 partition should be converted.
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Formac ProNitron 80.IVb (1024x768/8)
Relax 19" Model 200 (1024x768/8)
Apple Monochrome Video Card (640x480/1)
VillageTronic Mac Picasso 320 (up to 1920x1080/up to 24)
INSTALL.MP, INSTALL_LAPTOP, and DISKLESS kernels so that they are
smaller and faster by removing support for actual i386 CPUs (which
lack write protection in supervisor mode, which requires a costly
workaround) and math coprocessor emulation. Coprocessor emulation
is retained in the LAPTOP kernels, but not in the others. Where
it is known that a configuration cannot be run with particular CPUs
(i486 in *MP kernels) remove that support as well. Compile all
kernels with appropriate architecture and tuning flags (reduces
size, makes things faster). Those requiring support for machines
with i386 CPU or lacking coprocessor can use the *SMALL or *TINY
kernels.
INSTALL.MP, INSTALL_LAPTOP, and DISKLESS kernels so that they are
smaller and faster by removing support for actual i386 CPUs (which
lack write protection in supervisor mode, which requires a costly
workaround) and math coprocessor emulation. Coprocessor emulation
is retained in the LAPTOP kernels, but not in the others. Where
it is known that a configuration cannot be run with particular CPUs
(i486 in *MP kernels) remove that support as well. Compile all
kernels with appropriate architecture and tuning flags (reduces
size, makes things faster). Those requiring support for machines
with i386 CPU or lacking coprocessor can use the *SMALL or *TINY
kernels.
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