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Re: question about daily build



On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 18:55, Joe Nahmias wrote:
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> Alastair McKinstry wrote:
> > The 'net' build is a floppy; its targetted to 1.4 MB, booting from a
> > floppy and then downloading further packages from the net.
> > 
> > The 'netboot' build is aimed at tftpboot/pxelinux boots. It is larger
> > than 1.4 MB and includes, for example, i18n which won't fit in 1.4 MB.
> *blush*  I feel silly, I've been using the net floppy build for my PXE
> installs.  In my defense, I didn't see this documented anywhere.
> 
No need to feel embarassed. I introduced the netboot image a few months
ago because we had burst the 1.4 MB limit when adding i18n. Until then,
net was the image to use for pxe installs.

> Anyways, if I have time tonight I'll do a PXE netboot install.
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe
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