Wouldn't it be more appropriate to offer the user the option of inserting a floppy and making a boot disk as part of the make-kpkg kernel_image? Or perhaps the ./bootdisk.sh kernel-images.... NOT to require the .deb format?
I must admit I haven't given this a lot of thought. But I too was weaned on Slackware and am used to rolling my own. Jeff >The following might be useful input for both questions: > >make-kpkg provides a kernel-image package that can be managed and manipulated >like other Debian packages. The accessibility of all the files involved >in upgrading a kernel to the Debian tools is an advantage, especially if >one is trying out many kernel configurations and/or versions. > >Once I run > make-kpkg kernel_image >it is very easy to make a new copy of the Debian boot disk, using the >boot-floppies package: > cd /usr/src/bootfloppies-1.1.1 > ./bootdisk.sh kernel-image-2.0.whatever.deb /dev/fd0 1440 > >This makes a handy emergency boot disk (even though its initial primary >design was for installation.) One can't use the boot floppies script >without the kernel-image .deb file. > >HTH, >Susan Kleinmann > > > > > > > > > >-- >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
