On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:19 pm, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
> Russell Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I know this is a terrible question to ask, but is there a timeframe
> > for dropping support for dos booting?
>
> Are you for or against the idea? :-)
>
Well, I am sort of begging to be pro dropping the dos disk. But that said.
The main reason I ask the question is because we are getting more and more
"features" that rely on the linux boot disk. All the database support stuff
is one big one that a lot of people will probably use.
> No, I have not given any thought to ditching the DOS boot disk. It
> requires little maintenance and it is not holding back improvements on
> the Linux side, so apart from general principles ("less is good")
> there is not much reason to want to eliminate it.
>
As long as you are happy to maintain it, I'm happy to keep it, I just want to
see what you/others were thinking about the subject.
> Also, the Linux boot disk is not quite there yet. Getting close, but
> not quite.
>
What is missing from the linux boot disk that DOS does? as I know there are a
number of things linux does better, 1 boot, database.
Linux is missing the which drive to install on though... hmm.
> Just don't expect the DOS boot disk to get any of the fancy features
> (like obtaining username etc. from DHCP) any time soon.
>
Russell
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