Bug#30759: marked as done ([fixed in 2.1.4] No support for FAT32 in boot floppies)
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 23:56:53 -0500
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From: Ian Warford <iwarford@odyssey.on.ca>
Subject: Loadlin Installation Files (and likley disks, too)
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Version: 2.1.2
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The loadlin-based installation procedure files (install.bat, loadlin.exe,
linux, root.bin, etc) do not contain the nessecary drivers to read off of
vfat/fat32. Regardless of any opinions of Microsoft filesystems, this is a
bug, as it flat out prevents loadlin-based installation from Win95b/98.
My assumption would be that this bug/oversight is present in the floppy
boot disks as well.
These were downloaded from slink/main/disks-i386/2.1.2_1998-12-04/
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