Re: Strategy for boot-floppies
Sven Rudolph <sr1@loom.sax.de> writes:
> This network install thing covers two different cases:
>
> a) Installing Debian in a Debian-less environment.
>
> b) Installing it in an already-running Debian network-environment.
>
> On a): You are installing a new system. You boot from floppy or from
> CD, configure your network manually and then you fetch base via the
> network. In this case HTTP is the protocol of choice; FTP is the
> second best. IMHO there is no point in using TFTP.
Not so x86 centric please. An every increasing number of Debian boxes
are on architectures with quality BIOSes like OpenBoot which support
TFTP natively.
But I see your point -- even though I don't really agree.
> On b:) You already have a running Debian (or Linux or Unix ...)
> server that offers BOOTP and TFTP. Then you can boot off this
> server. The traditional use of TFTP is for loading the kernel off the
> net. Since BIOS does not support this we have to load the kernel from
> floppy or CD.
More creeping x86-centricism.
> IMHO this will have to happen.
Agree.
> - kernel
> - NIC driver modules
Sparc at least already comes this way.
The rest I basically agree with.
I would prioritize < 8MB installation as "2nd tier" and "nice to have
but lets not worry about it now", just like 5.25" floppy installation.
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