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Re: new debian-cd scripts



On Thu, May 14, 1998 at 10:35:35AM +0100, Enrique Zanardi wrote:
> It would be nice to provide a different boot image in each CD, for
> example: 1st binary CD -> resc1440.bin, source CD -> resc1440tecra.bin
> 2nd binary CD -> lowmem (currently lowmem doesn't work, this is just an
> example).
> 
> That way we may tell the users "if your 1st CD doesn't boot properly, try
> the second".
> 
> (I plan to work on 2.88MB boot disks, but that will have to go to slink).

Why not just put all the kernels on the same disc?  Bootable CDs can have
multiple boot images, and the BIOS will show a menu at boot time.  The user
just picks the one that most closely resembles their hardware.

Jeff


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