Installation Manual Patches 3: Remove obsolete 2.4 references
This patch consists of removal of obsolete mentions of 2.4 kernels.
Keep the installation manual a readable length and all that.
I put the changes in the public domain.
Index: appendix/preseed.xml
===================================================================
--- appendix/preseed.xml (revision 39542)
+++ appendix/preseed.xml (working copy)
@@ -403,11 +403,10 @@
</para>
<note><para>
-The 2.4 kernel accepts a maximum of 8 command line options and
-8 environment options (including any options added by default for the
-installer). If these numbers are exceeded, 2.4 kernels will drop any
-excess options and 2.6 kernels will panic. For kernel 2.6.9 and later,
-you can use 32 command line options and 32 environment options.
+Linux kernel 2.6.9 and later accepts a maximum of 32 command line options and
+32 environment options (including any options added by default for the
+installer). If these numbers are exceeded, the kernel will panic (crash).
+(For earlier kernels, these numbers were lower.)
</para></note>
<para>
Index: boot-installer/i386.xml
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--- boot-installer/i386.xml (revision 39542)
+++ boot-installer/i386.xml (working copy)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
<prompt>boot:</prompt> prompt on most hardware. Press
<keycap>F4</keycap> to see the list of kernel options available
from which to boot. Just type your chosen flavor name (idepci,
-vanilla, compact, bf24) at the <prompt>boot:</prompt> prompt
+vanilla, compact) at the <prompt>boot:</prompt> prompt
followed by &enterkey;.
</para><para>
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
If your hardware doesn't support booting of multiple images, put one
of the other CDs in the drive. It appears that most SCSI CD-ROM drives
do not support <command>isolinux</command> multiple image booting, so users
-with SCSI CD-ROMs should try either CD2 (vanilla) or CD3 (compact),
-or CD5 (bf2.4).
+with SCSI CD-ROMs should try either CD2 (vanilla) or CD3 (compact).
</para><para>
@@ -56,13 +55,7 @@
Boots the <quote>idepci</quote> flavor.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
-<varlistentry>
-<term>CD 5</term><listitem><para>
-Boots the <quote>bf2.4</quote> flavor.
-
-</para></listitem></varlistentry>
-
</variablelist>
</para><para>
@@ -93,13 +86,6 @@
Next, execute <command>install.bat</command>.
The kernel will load and launch the installer system.
-</para><para>
-
-Please note, there is currently a loadlin problem (#142421) which
-precludes <filename>install.bat</filename> from being used with the
-bf2.4 flavor. The symptom of the problem is an
-<computeroutput>invalid compressed format</computeroutput> error.
-
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -230,7 +216,6 @@
to. For example, if your LS-120 drive is connected as the first IDE
device (master) on the second cable, you enter
<userinput>linux root=/dev/hdc</userinput> at the boot prompt.
-Installation from LS-120 is only supported by 2.4 and later kernels.
</para><para>
Index: boot-installer/parameters.xml
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--- boot-installer/parameters.xml (revision 39542)
+++ boot-installer/parameters.xml (working copy)
@@ -74,11 +74,9 @@
<para>
-Note that the 2.4 kernel accepts a maximum of 8 command line options and
-8 environment options (including any options added by default for the
-installer). If these numbers are exceeded, 2.4 kernels will drop any
-excess options. With kernel 2.6.9 or newer,
-you can use 32 command line options and 32 environment options.
+Linux kernel 2.6.9 or later accepts a maximum of 32 command line options and
+32 environment options (including any options added by default for the
+installer). If these numbers are exceeded, the kernel will panic.
</para>
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Nathanael Nerode <neroden@fastmail.fm>
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