fat32 in base-install
someone earlier this week had asked about a 'debian for dummies' type of
install document that even someone with only a rudimentary understanding
of computers could use to install debian. i thought it was an interesting
idea, so i cleared out a partition and tried to see how it would be from
scratch via ftp using win95. the problem i came across is that i have
osr2, which means fat32, of course. the kernel in the base install
doesn't support this, however, which meant that i was unable to mount my
windoze hd, so dselect was unable to read the packages i had downloaded.
my question is whether it would be inordinately difficult to patch the
base kernel to read fat32 drives. right now, anyone with osr2 would have
to either create a partition, format it with fat16 and download the
packages there, or buy a CD. it seems that one of the main ideas behind
debian in the first place is to make it an easier system to install and
maintain, while still being freely available to anyone.
i hope i don't sound overly critical. i certainly don't mean to be. it's
just something i came across and i wanted to throw it out there. :)
cheers,
matty
Matt Thompson mattyt@oz.net
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Renton, WA 98055 matt.thompson@mzi.com
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