Bug#58836: No proper documentation on appropriate kernel configuration, no examples.
Package: boot-floppies
Version: 2.2.7
I've built the 2.2.7 boot-floppies with the latest versions of packages
in potato. I configured only the drivers I needed for the kernel image
package, so I got only 1 drive floppy. Although the rescue floppy boots
fine and the installation seems to go smoothly, there seemed to be
some problems with my PCI devices. Then, I concluded, that my rescue floppy
was indeed inferior to the current boot floppies in the distribution.
I think there ought to be some decent documentation on kernel configuration
so that it is not problematic on a wide range of hardware configurations.
Also, I suppose there should be an example kernel configuration file, and
perhaps a kernel image tailored for the boot floppies [ well, i guess the
standard kernel image works with no problems, but i haven't tried it! ]
Some example configs, one for each architecture, could be included, and
perhaps the best place for that is the kernel source package.
Thanks for your attention,
-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux pc427a 2.2.14 #2 Tue Feb 29 20:04:18 EET 2000 i686
Versions of packages boot-floppies depends on:
ii ash 0.3.5-9 NetBSD /bin/sh
ii bison 1:1.28-5 A parser generator that is compati
ii debhelper 2.0.88 helper programs for debian/rules
ii debiandoc-sgml 1.1.40 DebianDoc SGML DTD and formatting
ii dpkg-awk 1.0.0 Gawk script to parse /var/lib/dpkg
ii dpkg-dev 1.6.9 Package building tools for Debian
ii file 3.28-1 Determines file type using "magic"
ii flex 2.5.4a-6 A fast lexical analyzer generator.
ii gcc 1:2.95.2-6 The GNU C compiler.
ii gettext 0.10.35-13 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii libc6-pic [glibc-pic] 2.1.3-5 GNU C Library: PIC archive library
ii libgd1g-dev 1.7.3-0.1 GD Graphics Library (development v
ii libi18n-langtags-perl 0.12-6 Perl module for dealing with RFC17
ii libnewt-dev 0.50-5.3 Developer's toolkit for newt windo
ii libpaperg 1.0.3-12.2 Library for handling paper charact
ii libpopt-dev 1.4-1 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libwww-perl 5.47-1 WWW client/server library for Perl
ii lynx 2.8.2-6 Text-mode WWW Browser
ii m4 1.4-10 a macro processing language
ii make 3.78.1-7 The GNU version of the "make" util
ii makedev 2.3.1-39 Creates special device files in /d
ii man-db 2.3.13 Display the on-line manual.
pn perl5 Not found.
ii pointerize 0.4 Internationalization utilities, ba
ii python-xml 0.5.1-3 XML tools for Python
ii recode 3.5-1 Character set conversion utility.
ii rsync 2.4.1-1 fast remote file copy program (lik
ii slang1-pic 1.3.9-1 The S-Lang programming library, sh
ii tetex-bin 1.0.6-3 teTeX binary files
ii tetex-extra 1.0-7 extra teTeX library files
ii zlib1g-dev 1:1.1.3-5 compression library - development
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