Re: Questions regarding the base system
On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Bruce Perens wrote:
bruce>From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@waterf.org>
bruce>> I looked at the base system and I think we should remove adduser from it.
bruce>> I dont think it is essential to be able to add users in a minimal system.
bruce>> It is needed right now just to create one initial user.
bruce>> Perhaps we could live without it?
bruce>
bruce>It's quite small.
But it requires perl!
bruce>> Why is the MBR package in the base system? And why does lilo depend on
bruce>> mbr?
bruce>
bruce>MBR is necessary for boot compatibility with other operating systems.
bruce>It makes it possible to boot DOS/Windows/OS2 by changing the active
bruce>boot partition, and it gets rid of all of those "How do I remove LILO?"
bruce>questions, because LILO doesn't go on the Master Boot Record when we
bruce>use MBR. MBR is _very_ small. We used to have a lot more LILO
bruce>complaints/questions before we used it.
Are the MBR features documented somewhere?
bruce>> What is the purpose of the syslinux package in the base?
bruce>
bruce>SysLinux is used to make the boot floppy during the installation
bruce>procedure. It provides a working "boot:" prompt, which you don't
bruce>get if you just DD the kernel to the floppy. It's very small.
The base system is not used during the installation procedure. So it does
not have a purpose in the base?
bruce>> There is a kernel image in rex's base.
bruce>
bruce>Oops. That's a mistake.
I would like it to be in the base system. Installation via loadlin
requires a kernel image somewhere when access to the dos partition is
quite a problem.
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