Re: debian 2.1r3 needed and release team coordination
>>>>> "James" == James R Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com> writes:
James> Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org> writes:
>> I've been trying to do a 'proper' boot disk WITH a 2.2 kernel
>> on it.
James> ...
>> I see two options:
>>
>> 1, One boot disk and one root disk.
James> I favor this option for installation. The kernel will
James> continue to grow. 1.44 M floppies do not.
My point exacly.
>> 2, Many different rescue disks.
James> Actually, I think we should arrange for *custom* rescue
James> disks. That is, the installation procedure should by
James> default create a two-floppy rescue set. However, it should
James> also provide the option to create a single-floppy rescue
James> disk with no kernel, and explain how the user can install
James> the kernel himself.
This is just a matter of creating both floppies, and tell the user
how he/she can change kernel...
mount floppy; cp newkernel floppy; umount floppy
:)
OR, we create three rescue disks. One Rescue-boot, a Rescue-root, and
a Rescue-without_kernel.
Ether way is quite easy to implement...
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