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Re: Shuffling INSTALL kernels



On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:45:27AM +0000, Andrew Doran wrote:
> > is there any objection to rename the current INSTALL to INSTALL_MEDIUM,
> > drop INSTALL_LARGE and introduce a GENERIC based new INSTALL kernel
> > similiar to what we do for Xen domU?
> 
> I think it's a good idea. What about s/MEDIUM/FLOPPY/? Floppy installs
> aren't of much interest on modern machines.

Yes, that makes more sense. The other question is what do we want to
have in that kernel? I would include the SCSI and ATA support, leave out
WLAN and USB. Arguable all USB enabled system can boot from CD-ROM and
have 32MB+.

Joerg


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