Hi! > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Noyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 3:06 PM > To: Eric Spakman > Cc: leaf-devel > Subject: Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Drive > > 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.
Mike, as far as I'm concerned, the floppy will never be legacy, no matter how hard you try. What you are saying is 'I would like it to be legacy', but you fail to present a suitable reason other then 'all the others do it'. As Eric Spakman has already said, we do provide several alternative initrd packages that cover the things you request, and all are properly documented. What I fail to see is a better organized website. The problems I saw one year ago concering documentation search are still present. You often present the excuse that we don't have shell space to create the PDF's and some other restrictions that i can't recall right now. You are probably the one to solve that problem. Stick to solving that and leave us to take care of making, improving and maintaning Beging-uClibc as the best 'product'. Please don't take my opinions as a personal attack, they are not. Thanks, Luis Correia Bering uClibc Team Member PGP Fingerprint: BC44 D7DA 5A17 F92A CA21 9ABE DFF0 3540 2322 21F6 Key Server: http://pgp.mit.edu ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
