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Re: Please test this woody cd image



On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 11:23:26PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote:

> #include <hallo.h>
> Matt Zimmerman wrote on Wed Apr 10, 2002 um 04:45:08PM:
> > 10 days != long enough to test a completely different _primary_ way of
> > booting the installation system.
> 
> a) isolinux is not completely new. It is syslinux, extended with ability
>    of reading iso9660. Show me one failure (caused not by general
>    problems, i.e. with some laptops not beeing able to boot _any_
>    mkisofs-made cdrom) and I will shut up.

The burden of proof is on you, who want to make a change with such broad
effect so late in the release cycle.  I have never even tried isolinux,
while I have used syslinux many times.

> b) You can insert another CD and boot, if you got problems. I am sure
>    most people will do anyways.

Exactly the same argument can be made for putting isolinux on the second CD.

-- 
 - mdz


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