Re: m68k boot-floppies

[Sven LUTHER <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr>]

On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 05:05:51PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > Well, yes, but at least one version of boot floppies needed loop built as
> > module to _build_ the boot floppies. Don't know if it is fixed.
> 
> That sounds scary. What would be the reason for this?  

i guess the i386 folk thought loop would always be installed modular.

should be possible to test if the kernel as loop support or not (try mounting
something on the loop device, and testing the error messages, or something
such).

> > btw, does it not make more sense to install the drivers directly before
> > unpacking the kernel from rescue.bin ? anyway, rescue.bin don't make any
> > sense, at least on amiga/apus, don't know what happens for the m68k subarches.
> 
> Nope, depmod probably requires read access to the kernel symbol table
> which is installed with the kernel.

What do you need depmod for ? you could brutally insmod the needed module, and
depmod stuff later.

Also, you could add the symbol table with the drivers tarball instead.

Friendlym

Sven LUTHER