Re: boot-floppies 2.2.9 and Debian CD's...
Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Le Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 09:28:54AM -0500, Ben Collins écrivait:
> > > Why wouldn't you put /cdrom_image by default in all 2.88 Mb image that are
> > > only used for CDs AFAIK ?
> >
> > That could be very well possible. Since the code in dbootstrap falls back
> > to normal operation if it does not find the files it expects, then we
> > wouldn't have to worry about a CD that a user burned incorrectly.
>
> I guess that's the best solution we have for the moment, many people
> create CD image without root rights ... and I wouldn't trust debian-cd
> code too much (with all the files that are written without any
> check and possibly to a well known location writable by all).
Then why would not you *always* try CDROM install first?
If installing from network, the CDROM will not be likely present and
dbootstrap will fall back to other method, and if booting from floppy but with
the CDROM loaded, it will use it immediately (nice for old non-cdrom-bootable
PC boxes).
regards.
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