On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 01:43, Eric Spakman wrote:
> >We can still strive to fit within 1.66M, and move to usb-hdd flash drive
> >as our default image.
>
> I don't see that as mutual exclusive, we can create an USB image next
> to our floppy and CD images.
Eric,
Continuing the CD image is worthwhile, but not the floppy. Replace the
floppy image with the new usb-hdd flash drive image.
> But making it the default image is
> tricky. First there are multiple standards for USB, so a one image
> fits all isn't possible. I'm also not sure if there's a standard
> 'devicename' for USB to be set in leaf.cfg and syslinux.cfg. And how
> can we make a USB stick bootable without user intervention?
USB is standard and usb-hdd is the bootable device you're looking for.
DSL even sells their project installed on one.
http://damnsmalllinux.org/usb.html
> >Why not make floppy an 'other device' (legacy)?
>
> I don't see any reason to make it legacy, it would be nice to just
> provide some images. So next to floppy and CD also CF and USB. But
> this is only possible if those two targets can be generic enough that
> it will work on most CF's and USB sticks.
This is where I disagree. I see many reasons to make floppy legacy.
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