Re: boot floppies and syslinux "-s" mode
> As CDs are a lot faster than floppies, it's OK to use "-s" for the boot
> image on the official CDs, but I'm thinking about going back to the normal
> mode for the floppy images, and adding a README file giving instructions
> for replacing syslinux on the rescue floppy to build a "-s" floppy, just
> in case the user has one of the machines that don't like the normal mode.
> (It as simple as inserting the floppy on the drive and running
> "syslinux -s /dev/fd0" as root). That information may be added to the
> install docs instead/also.
I think it's too late to worry about it. Leave it in the slow known-to-
work mode. We don't have time to asses the potential impact of not doing
it that way.
Brian
( bcwhite@verisim.com )
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