On 15/04/04 22:19, Joshua Goodall wrote:
On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:56 pm, Tim Nicholas wrote:If I recall correctly it is assumed that users will not run on the boot floppy kernels after the initial system installation. They are expected to install a more appropriate kernel after finishing the install. As such there will be no patch for the boot floppy kernel.I disagree with the generalisation. Let me tell you two little tales.1. A few weeks ago I was building a new cluster of our servers. We
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The specifics of DSA479 notwithstanding; either of these would motivate me to agree with Michelle that bootfloppies should be updated, too.
I couldn't agree more. -- Tim Nicholas || Cilix Email: tim@nicholas.net.nz || Wellington, New Zealand http://tim.nicholas.net.nz/ || Cell/SMS: +64 21 337 204