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Re: new installer



On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 07:22:53AM -0400, Dan Weber wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 09:25:12AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 07:45:37PM -0400, dan wrote:
> > > Ok I think I see the overall picture now. Basically 2.2 and the old bf24 are
> > > the only kernels small enough to fit on a floppy.  Booting from cds is not
> > > an option because that requires a proprietary bootloader.  Are the following
> > > situations possible.  Boot from floppy -> Quik -> use quik to start up
> > > Cdrom, or boot from floppy -> yaboot2 -> use yaboot2 to kickstart cd.
> > 
> > So you have managed to boot a system with yaboot2 ? I didn't think it
> > was all that advanced to do something usefull yet.
> Future planning. 

Ethan told me that at the current rate, it will be released at around
2037 or something such, care to give a hand ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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