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Bug#231003: INSTALL REPORT



tags 231003 + help
thanks

On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 12:22:05PM +0100, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote:
> It would be extremely nice if it was possible to have pcmcia support as well.
> Some old laptops do not have integrated nic. But of course this is a wishlist
> and not a real huge problem at the moment.

pcmcia-cs should be available in the images on gluck. For netboot
they're not included by default. This might change but we're tight on
space.

> Another good thing (IMO) would be to have IPv6 to install from the beginning.
> I made an investigation in order to implement it and if the project will
> stick on one floppy to start with than it useless to continue to read since there
> will never be enough space:-). but if for instance it will be on 2 floppies
> the IPv6 module takes approx. 65/70k, the changes to net-cfg are relativly simple
> but the main issue could be busybox. commands like ifconfig and route should be
> able to understand ipv6. They do in a very limited way that is actually not enough.
> I need to investigate deeper in this direction anyway.

Patches Gratefully Accepted, well, to busybox that is.

(I'm quite a newbie with IPv6, so either give me a comprehensive
tutorial or do it youreslf... ;))

-- 
Joshua Kwan

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