reassign 705748 debian-live
thanks

Patrick Masotta <[email protected]> writes:

> Package: n/a
> Version: n/a
>
> When installing i.e.
> debian-live-6.0.6-i386-gnome-desktop.iso
> debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso
> etc...
>
> /live/initrd.img does not include CIFS support
> CIFS is very handy when PXE booting Debian live from Windows OSs as Serva 
> does it here.
> http://vercot.com/~serva/an/NonWindowsPXE3.html
>
> Serva solves the problem by loading a complementary initrd 
> containing/installing:
>
> des_generic.ko
> md4.ko
> cifs.ko
> mount.cif
>
> these files are all originally taken from the corresponding 
> filesystem.squashfs
>
> Serva also patches /script/live adding support for the command line variable 
> "ipby",i.e. ipby=dhcp, ipby=bootp, solving some problems with some DHCP 
> servers
>
> I hope you guys can add CIFS support on future Debian install systems then 
> Windows users will not need complementary initrd files when PXE booting 
> Debian.
>
> Please let me know if I wasn't clear enough on my description.
>
> Best,
> Patrick

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