CDFS support in 4.0D as a module

From: Martin Mokrejs <mmokrejs_at_mail.natur.cuni.cz>
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 17:42:43 +0100 (MET)

Hello,
 I'm reading through the RelNotes of DU4.0D, and have a question related
to this article:

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1.12 Dynamic Support for CDFS and ISO 9660 CD-ROMs
                                                                                             
   You no longer need to select the CD-ROM File System (CDFS) as a kernel option to
   access information on ISO 9660 or ISO 9660 Rock Ridge CD-ROMs. Starting with
   DIGITAL UNIX Version 4.0D, the CDFS is dynamically loaded and enabled whenever you
   specify the -t cdfs option with the mount command.
                                                                                             
   As in previous versions of DIGITAL UNIX, you can still select the CDFS as a kernel
   option. However, users may want to avoid adding the CDFS enablers to the kernel on
   systems with limited system resources because doing so will increase the amount of
   memory that the kernel will consume.
                                                                                             
   Either method will work, but not selecting the CDFS kernel option simply delays the
   allocation of system resources until a CDFS CD-ROM is mounted.


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What will hapen, if I don't compile the cdfs support into a kernel, and in
case or hard crash need to boot over network to single-user, and want to
mount local CD-ROM with installation CD(DUnix 4.0D) and want to restore
some files......? How could the kernel dynamically load the cdfs support,
if the disk is after crash?


TIA
Martin
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