Re: New base package...

["brian (b.c.) white" <bcwhite@bnr.ca>]

>> Is syslinux-1.20-0.deb going to do something for me? 
>
>It lets you create boot diskettes like the installation boot disk.
>I'm hoping that the next installation root disk will create that kind
>of boot diskette rather than the one it makes now, which doesn't understand
>the boot command line. The disks use MSDOS filesystems. They can display
>up to 10 pages of help and boot a Linux kernel from an MSDOS file.

The description in "Packages-Master" is a little sparse.

>> Should I insall it?
>You probably won't need it, unless you are having booting problems or want
>to help develop the installation disks (and we could sure use some people
>willing to do _that_).

Then why is it's priority listed as "required"?

                                        Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@bnr.ca )

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