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Re: m68k port status update



On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 09:24:35PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Stephen R Marenka wrote:
> > Atari and mvme147 should have netboot targets.
> > 
> > I'm using the term netboot inconsistently on m68k. Ya'll tell me if it
> > should be changed. Amiga, atari, and mac cannot be tftp booted. So the
> > netboot target really just loads components and base off the net instead
> > of a cdrom. The vme's can all be tftp booted. 
> 
> That's really not netboot; i386 does the same for floppy installs.

So you'd rather call these floppy? 

I'll note that i386 can boot off floppy, whereas amiga and mac 
cannot. Would another target name be clearer?

I don't care much one way or the other. So far everything will fit on 
a floppy, but I hadn't much been paying attention to size.

Stephen

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