Re: Shuffling INSTALL kernels

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 11:16:49AM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> 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+.

The fact they can boot from cd doens't mean they have one. But I think for
such systems, what's important is to have a kernel binary available. With
that and dosboot.com you can build a bootable USB key.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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