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Re: Installing with 2.4.0-test8 and devfs, problem with floppy



Petr Cech wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 01:32:13PM +0200 , Goswin Brederlow wrote:
> > So instead of having 2 different inittabs to choose from I changed
> > init.c to cope with it. I also changed getty to cope with it (diff is
> > send to maintainer and upstream) for after installation.
> 
> couldn't the rescue floppy have devfs packagem that installs the
> "compatibility links" in /dev, so if init discovers it's running 2.4 kernel
> with devfs it executes it and we have /dev/hda again.
> And the documentation stays the same. You'll still have /dev/hda1 and not
> /dev/ide/0/1 (or whatever).
> 
>                                 Petr Cech

I think that trying to support everything with the one set of floppies
is a mistake.

I think we would be better of making it easy (even trial) for the end
user to customise the installer to there needs.

Anything the bootdisk doesnt run is both a waste of space and added
complexity.

The user should be able top build there bootdisk to there needs, it
should be easy to just change the /etc/inittab if a devfs kernel is
going to be used.

We wont be able to make a general purpose 1 disk installer.

Glenn



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