Re: dac960 devices on boot-floppies
nf <nf@marginal.net> writes:
> are there any alternatives to the initrd approach? i'm fairly certain redhat
> uses initrd for it's install disks (as well as the normal booting, ick),
Yes, they do.
> so
> investigating that might be of some interest.
The time for investigation is long gone. The time for implementation
is now. Initrd will not be in potato.
> building rescue/drivers disks can be a real pain, especially whe you don't
> have a current installation of the distribution to build it on.
It's absolutely trivial to replace kernels on a rescue disk.
> might providing a simpler means to replace kernel/drivers on the
> rescue/drivers disks without rebuilding the entire boot-floppies be
> an avenue we can persue?
That avenue already exists. See above. Read the install manual,
the section about replacing the kernel.
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