On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 11:38:22AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 03:11:32PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > > > So I'd say about 30% of machines I see need the whole base install done > > > > > from floppies. > > > > So how does it help to have a 24MB file on the CD? > > > Because the machine down the hall has a CD drive and a floppy? > > In which case you could use a script to generate the file, then split > > it onto the floppies (you're going to have to split it whether it's > > on the cd or not). > > This assumes the machine down the hall is running Debian, or at least > something Unixy. If it's Windows only, you've got a tough time trying to > split it by hand, no? besides that dbootstrap expects the base floppies to be split using the special dbootstrap format. dd, split etc will NOT work. as i have said i don't have a problem with the base floppy images being on the CDs, what i have problem with is putting the actual tarball on the CDs since it will serve NO purpose whatsoever, and nobody has refuted that point yet. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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