"Greg Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i meddelandet news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'd like to add a summary to the wiki of what scenarios all the floppy images > are useful for. Does this exist anywhere or can someone give a quick rundown > of where I am wrong on the difference between the floppy images: > > hd.img - install from hard drive > hd_usb.img - Install from hard drive with support for usb keyboards and > mice????? > cdrom.img - Install using cd images when one cannot boot from cd > cdrom-changedisk.img - ?????? > hdcdrom_usb.img - install from iso image on hard drive with usb support????? > network.img - Install via NFS or FTP > network_gigabit_usb.img - Same with modules for gigabit ethernet adapters > pcmcia.img - network install with pcmcia nic > blank.img - ????? > > And does anyone know why the hd_usb.img has not been updated since February? > It would seem that if I have it right above, that this would be an important > option. > --
Take a look at the documentation at the root of the cd1, or at ftp://ftp.uninett.no/linux/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/install.htm cdrom.img - install from CD-ROM hd.img - install from hard-disk (from a Linux, Windows, or ReiserFS filesystem) network.img - install from ftp/nfs/http pcmcia.img - install from pcmcia devices (warning, most pcmcia network adapters are now directly supported from network.img) hdcdrom_usb.img - install from a hard-disk or a cdrom connected to USB network_gigabit_usb.img - install from network with a gigabit or USB adapter blank.img - install using your own Linux kernel To use blank.img, build you own custom Linux kernel, compiling all the necessary support inside the kernel image (not as module). Then, after creating the floppy from blank.img, copy your "vmlinuz" kernel image onto the floppy. Missing from theese descriptions is: cdrom-changedisk.img - made for those who needs to swap between floppy device and cdrom device in their laptops.... hd_usb.img - if IRC, it's something between hdcdrom_usb.img and network_gigabit_usb.img Thomas
