Re: suggestion: single net-boot floppy
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 01:53:07PM -0700, phil@bolthole.com wrote:
> I read the boot-floppy thread a few days ago, but didn't see this kind of
> suggestion. So I'd like to propose the following boot+install mechanism
>
> A *single* floppy image, with an absurdly cut down version of the kernel, that
> would support not much more than IP, basic e2fs, and networking.
You might be interested to know that Debian on the 68K Mac has this right
now. The rescue disk's kernel has support for the built-in ethernet on
most of the machines, so that's all you need. The installer downloads
everything else, including the drivers disk.
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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