On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:51:15 +0100 Richard Kimber <rkimber@ntlworld.com> wrote: > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:09:45 +0100 > Peter Whysall <peter@guildenstern.dyndns.org> wrote: > > > on Mon, Aug 11, 2003, tallison@tacocat.net (tallison@tacocat.net) > > wrote: > > > > > > Is there a buzzword to reference? > > > > Yes. Portability. > > > > The same Debian Installer runs on 11 different architectures. > > Knoppix doesn't. > > > > If a decision was made to break the installer on platforms such as > > hppa and sparc in favour of superduper hardware detection on x86, I > > for one would be breaking out the torches and pitchforks. > > Why can't the installer ask what the CPU is and if it's an x86 then > use kudzu and if it isn't don't? Wouldn't that work on all platforms? > Or > can't an x86 CPU be reliably detected? The installer is currently being rewritten. I went looking for a reference page, but I don't have much time, and nothing came up quickly. If you want to find it, here are some suggested keywords: automatic hardware detection debian installer -- -johann koenig Now Playing: Bad Religion - Generator : Punk-O-Rama (Vol. 4) Today is Pungenday, the 4th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3169 My public pgp key: http://mental-graffiti.com/pgp/johannkoenig.pgp
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