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Re: Boot floppies?



On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 01:00:34AM -0800, Joachim Achtzehnter wrote:
> 
> Is there a reason why the simple boot floppy approach is not offered for 
> the amd64 port?

Because nobody put time in it yet to get a 2.6 linux kernel to
fit on a floppy.  Mostly because their are various other ways to
get it working.  i386 doesn't have support for floppy with a 2.6
kernel either, only with a 2.4 kernel.  And we only have a 2.6
kernel.


Kurt



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