Re: Boot-Floppies
> > If a user is going to use something as archaic as a 1.44MB floppy to
> > install, it shouldn't be too much for them to use a split boot/root dual
> > floppy approach. That would leave a lot of space for the rootfs.
>
> Agree vehemently!
>
> > The majority of people will be using CDROM to boot, I'd imagine.
> >
> > On x86, El Torito allows 2.88MB right?
>
> Yup.
>
> > It seems the constraints we have are the following:
> >
> > * on all platforms we are limited to 1.44MB floppies (Special case #1)
> > * on x86 CD-ROM we are limited to 1.44/2.88MB boot images and any size
> > livefs we want (Special case #2)
> > * on PowerPC/PReP we don't have any CDROM limitations.
> > * what about others?
> >
> > Just looking at this it seems we only have to modify things for the
> > special case #1 since that is the only one that can't fit current size of
> > the boot/root images. If I understand El Torito incorrectly, please let
> > me know...
>
> It seems to me that we could have 1.44MB boot, 1.44MB root -- that
> would be 2 floppies, or else one 2.88 image for el torito.
>
> >From there either a double drivers floppy plus base floppies, or else
> a live filesystem on CDROM.
>
> All the other techniques (OS loader, ZIP, TFTP/NFS) could adapt based
> on this I believe.
>
> Can we agree?
Agree vehemently! :-) Yes, i do.
MfG,
Hartmut
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