On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 04:32:28PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Sorry, I ment isolinux. And do you realy want 32bit on a 64bit cpu for > etch?
If I have some proprietary 32bit software to run, then yes I might. > I also think that the kernel choice is not important here. Booting a > 64bit kernel gives the option of choosing 32/64bit later in the > installer. If you want to ask that question or default to 32bit > this isn't the place to ask questions. Picking a 64bit kernel for > 64bit hardware should be save at this point. Has the iptables interface been fixed yet so you can run 32bit userspace on a 64bit kernel? I doubt it is the only problem case. > The size increase is small and the usability factor is huge. I'm sure > a lot of people do have both i386 and amd64 architectures and they > would only need on CD for install instead of two. Perhaps. > I'm not saying the single arch CDs should be abandoned. This could be > purely an extra image. In that case it might be prudent to also add > ppc. All 3 archs as netinst flavour should fit nicely on a single CD. Can a PPC even boot from the same cd as a PC? > Also consider dvd distributors. They could make a 4 DVD set for i386 > and amd64 instead of two 3 DVD sets. You think there is that many arch all packages? > The size increase for a single image is small. But you also save the > other image. > > Currently I need both, one i386 CD and one amd64 cd. For etch this > would cut my CD burning of D-I in half. A lot of Debian users have > more than one computer. True. I have many. Some mipsel, some arm, some x86 (not currently an amd64 but hopefulyl soon), some m68k. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
