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Re: Please test this woody cd image



On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 09:27:56AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Le Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 05:02:49PM -0700, Chris Tillman ?crivait:
> > > Also it would be fine if we could give some guidance about how to make that 
> > > choice - type of system, connected hardware, age? I guess the differences
> > > are already covered for vanilla/compact/idepci, but how about bf2.4? Which
> > > hardware is 'highly recommended' to go with 2.4; new within the last 
> > > year or two, or ???
> 
> Well, bf24 is to be used by people who want a 2.4.x kernel. It should
> be used if you have recent hardware with USB keyboard for example.
> 
> > +On newer hardware, allows a selection of kernel images to boot from. On
> > +older hardware, it will boot the `idepci' flavor kernel.
> 
> That's wrong. It won't boot "idepci" on older hardware. Either the menu
> works and it will boot, or it won't boot at all. In which case they
> should boot on one of the other CDs available.
> 

Ok, I'll fix it. Thanks, I must have been reading about the MultiBoot
thing instead.

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*------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------*
|      <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual>      |
|   debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net>   |
|            Chris Tillman        tillman@voicetrak.com          |
|                   May the Source be with you                   |
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