On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:56 pm, Tim Nicholas wrote:
If I recall correctly it is assumed that users will not run on the boot floppy kernels after the initial system installation. They are expected to install a more appropriate kernel after finishing the install.
As such there will be no patch for the boot floppy kernel.
I disagree with the generalisation. Let me tell you two little tales.
1. A few weeks ago I was building a new cluster of our servers. We
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The specifics of DSA479 notwithstanding; either of these would motivate me to agree with Michelle that bootfloppies should be updated, too.
I couldn't agree more.
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