On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 04:35:49PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Sunday 12 December 2004 15:52, Holger Levsen wrote: > > So it's not advisable to use the net_inst CD images on any other > > hardware than 386 ?! So the netinst-CDs are pretty useless ? (Better > > use business-card-CDs or whole Sets or netboot... (or even floppies)) > > No, that's not correct. > The 386 kernel will run fine on almost all Intel and AMD based systems. If > you want an optimized kernel for your processor, you'll just have to > install the proper kernel-image after the installation finishes (or > compile one yourself). > > Installing with the netinst CD will almost certainly give you a working > system. > > The netinst is intended mainly for people who do _a lot_ of testing > installations for d-i; it's to save them downloading a full CD all the > time. And it is the best way to test something like a full CD > installation. That "full" test excludes kernel selection code ... > End users will not be advised to use a netinst CD after Sarge has been > released anyway, they will be using full CD's (or netboot or floppy or > maybe businesscard). Mmmm, this is 2005, Joe Random User has broadband Internet access. And he has lines starting with deb http:// in his /etc/apt/sources.list. I gonna file a wishlist bugreport. Cheers Geert Stappers
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