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Re: Notes on test of 2.2.18-2000-10-14



On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 06:02:36PM -0700, Randolph Chung wrote:
> Alain, thanks for testing out the newest boot-floppies. Some comments:
> 
> > 1.) Boot screen (where you can boot "rescue") says it uses kernel
> >     2.2.17, instead of 2.2.18preX. Just cosmetic.
> 
> We're using 2.2.18preX?
> 
The Release Notes say "This is the Debian Rescue floppy, version
2.2.18". And the directory´s name is: 2.2.18-2000-10-14

> > 2.) I recognized, that ide-floppy is build as an module. I have a LS 120
> >     in on off my computers (ATAPI Floppy) and I originally wanted to
> >     throw the old floppy out. I would recomend to build the driver into
> >     the kernel, because you can get your drivers file from a IDE Floppy
> >     then... 
> 
> the idepci set of boot-floppies contains the ide-floppy driver builtin.
> 
Ah!

Anyway. I´m still trying to think about a case where I would need it
really, but I´m still not getting even one, beside the above.

	Bye,
	  - -- Alain -- -

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