On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:

> 	(switching the mailing list)
> 	i'd propose to add rnd(4) to every installation floppy kernel,
> 	because of the following reason:
>
> > 	seriously, we should consider adding rnd(4) device to installation
> > 	kernel -
> > 	(1) every password generator uses random number as seed so passwd(1)
> > 	called from sysinst (for root password!) needs rnd(4).
> > 	(2) we may want to generate ssh host keys in boot floppy.

	Some install media are already on the limits on small memory
	machines. Maybe this could be conditional on larger install
	options?

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