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Re: Last debian-cd updates before release



On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 06:28:27PM +0200, Santiago Garcia Mantinan wrote:
> Hi Ben!
> 
> > Yeah, I can fix this up tonight. I have a new method I want to implement
> > which will not only simplify the sparc boot, but make it so you don't
> > need root to build it anymore.
> 
> Will this new method work with mkisofs or will we still need an old mkhybrid
> for the sparcs?

mkisofs has the patches for silo. The method is basically a change from
using the CD as the rootfs, to using a kernel image plus initrd image.
Simplifies the procedure for booting (and creating the bootable system).

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