Wait a minute here, is this going where I think it's going? The >>bootfloppies<<< for s390 have non-free modules on them!? Does this requirement of non-free modules ever get remedied, or are these s390 modules going to saddle the entire arch for the forseeable future?
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Jochen Röhrig wrote: > >I assume by installer you mean a package that asks the user to download >the modules from the IBM site to a certain place in the filesystem and >then goes on with installation? This makes only sense if the user >already has a network connection. But he won't have a connection without the >modules (s)he is just about to install (at least in most if the cases). >So at least at bootstrap time (where we need the modules on the ramdisk) >this is not really an alternative... > >Best regards, > >Jochen > > > -- The Internet must be a medium for it is neither Rare nor Well done! <a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">John Galt </a>
