* Christian Leber
| On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 12:24:53AM -0700, Erik Andersen wrote:
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| The slackware installer already uses isolinux, which lets
| then pack multiple kernels onto a single CD Here is
| what they do:
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On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 12:24:53AM -0700, Erik Andersen wrote:
The slackware installer already uses isolinux, which lets
then pack multiple kernels onto a single CD Here is
what they do:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/isolinux/
The same with gentoo,
Le Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 11:53:56AM +0200, Christian Leber écrivait:
The same with gentoo, they have even managed to fit a 2.4 kernel on
their first and only CD.
But I have at least one Computer (i386, from end of 1996) where isolinux
fails.
What kind of failure ? It doesn't boot at all ? It
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 12:07:39PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
The same with gentoo, they have even managed to fit a 2.4 kernel on
their first and only CD.
But I have at least one Computer (i386, from end of 1996) where isolinux
fails.
What kind of failure ? It doesn't boot at all ?
On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 10:53, Christian Leber wrote:
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 12:24:53AM -0700, Erik Andersen wrote:
The slackware installer already uses isolinux, which lets
then pack multiple kernels onto a single CD Here is
what they do:
#include hallo.h
Erik Andersen wrote on Sun Apr 07, 2002 um 12:24:53AM:
The slackware installer already uses isolinux, which lets
then pack multiple kernels onto a single CD Here is
what they do:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/isolinux/
I looked at
Christian Leber [EMAIL PROTECTED] cum veritate scripsit:
P.S. I'm not a developer or know much about kernels, but i can not
imagine that 2.4 is less stable then 2.2.
But what is with Debian 3.0r6? How many people will be able to install
with kernel 2.2 (because of there new boards, USB
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 12:01:13PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
The same with gentoo, they have even managed to fit a 2.4 kernel on
their first and only CD.
But I have at least one Computer (i386, from end of 1996) where isolinux
fails.
would it be possible to test MEMDISK on that
On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 13:37, Christian Leber wrote:
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 12:01:13PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
...
According to this:
http://syslinux.zytor.com/memdisk.php
MEMDISK is ... a workaround for BIOSes where ISOLINUX image
support doesn't work.
#include hallo.h
Philip Hands wrote on Sun Apr 07, 2002 um 02:32:59PM:
therefore isolinux would have to start first and it does not even start :(
no, I think you've got that back to front.
As I understand it, MEMDISK is installed on the CD as though it's a
floppy image, it loads and
Le Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 04:50:50PM -0800, David Kimdon écrivait:
aph and I were just talking on irc, how about :
cd1: idepci; cd2 scsi; cd3: bf2.4; cd4: vanilla
That gives us language chooser on the first CD, a big plus, while
still giving us 2.2 as 'default'. IMO leaving the language
On Apr 06, Philip Hands wrote:
The closest I'd be willing to go towards making a change, would be some
form of kernel selection menu on the first CD, still with the vanilla
2.2 kernel as the default, but giving people the choice even if they
only get CD#1.
That would be conditional on some
On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 02:55, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
We also have the MULTIBOOT feature, that let us select a flavor to boot
on but it hasn't been widely tested afaik...
This seems to me to be the best option of them all. What are the
disadvantages of using this?
For example, for the
On Sat Apr 06, 2002 at 12:26:13PM -0600, Chris Lawrence wrote:
Now, whether or not this is going to be acceptable to aj on the
official CDs is another question. But it's an option that most
vendors will probably jump at.
The slackware installer already uses isolinux, which lets
then pack
#include hallo.h
Jim Westveer wrote on Thu Apr 04, 2002 um 05:24:24PM:
And last, woody ought to be 2.2 based and not 2.4 based ... but since I
also find it lame to use 2.2.x by default nowadays ...
I disagree, 2.4.x kernels have been out for over 2 years.we should
not release a new
On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 10:07:38AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote:
#include hallo.h
Jim Westveer wrote on Thu Apr 04, 2002 um 05:24:24PM:
And last, woody ought to be 2.2 based and not 2.4 based ... but since I
also find it lame to use 2.2.x by default nowadays ...
I disagree, 2.4.x
On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 10:07:38AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote:
#include hallo.h
Jim Westveer wrote on Thu Apr 04, 2002 um 05:24:24PM:
And last, woody ought to be 2.2 based and not 2.4 based ... but since I
also find it lame to use 2.2.x by default nowadays ...
I disagree, 2.4.x kernels
On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 07:00:08PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
2.4 is not the default kernel for woody installs, 2.2 is.
Oh, and is already clear to everyone involved, this is for i386. Other
ports obviously have 2.4 kernels as default.
Cheers,
aj
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On Friday 05 April 2002 01:00, Anthony Towns wrote:
On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 10:07:38AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote:
#include hallo.h
snip, snip
GUYS, _STOP IT_.
NOW IS _NOT_ THE TIME TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE WAY THE INSTALL WORKS.
snip, snip
On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 19:45, Jim Westveer wrote:
Before you lam-bast me with a nastygram, please grab
or create a copy of the woody CD's, and try an installation with
CD#1 as the disk you innitially boot from, then try the
CD#3 with the bf24 kernel. The first thing you will notice
is
On Apr 05, Philip Blundell wrote:
On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 19:45, Jim Westveer wrote:
Before you lam-bast me with a nastygram, please grab
or create a copy of the woody CD's, and try an installation with
CD#1 as the disk you innitially boot from, then try the
CD#3 with the bf24 kernel.
#include hallo.h
Anthony Towns wrote on Fri Apr 05, 2002 um 07:00:08PM:
On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 10:07:38AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote:
#include hallo.h
Jim Westveer wrote on Thu Apr 04, 2002 um 05:24:24PM:
And last, woody ought to be 2.2 based and not 2.4 based ... but since I
also
Le ven 05/04/2002 à 21:25, Chris Lawrence a écrit :
A more conservative way to get the language chooser going would be to
put compact or idepci on the first disk. It doesn't require 2.4 as
such.
It'd be nice to be able to add something like
http://www.nu2.nu/diskemu/; however, it's not
Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 07:59:05PM +0100 wrote:
On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 19:45, Jim Westveer wrote:
Before you lam-bast me with a nastygram, please grab
or create a copy of the woody CD's, and try an installation with
CD#1 as the disk you innitially boot from, then try the
CD#3 with the bf24
On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 04:50:50PM -0800, David Kimdon wrote:
cd1: idepci; cd2 scsi; cd3: bf2.4; cd4: vanilla
Any seconds?
seconded.
-john
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On Friday 05 April 2002 16:50, David Kimdon wrote:
Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 07:59:05PM +0100 wrote:
On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 19:45, Jim Westveer wrote:
snip,snip
aph and I were just talking on irc, how about :
cd1: idepci; cd2 scsi; cd3: bf2.4; cd4:
Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 05:00:45PM -0800 wrote:
cd1: idepci; cd2 scsi; cd3: bf2.4; cd4: vanilla
SCSI??? is there such a devil ?
Its not in bf 3.0.22-2002-04-03 ;-/
s/scsi/compact/
I got a second, any opposed?
On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 04:06:19AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
cd1: idepci; cd2 scsi; cd3: bf2.4; cd4: vanilla
I got a second, any opposed?
After considering this, I'm opposed.
If the decision is that the default boot floppies for woody i386 are
2.2 ones (that don't do languages
On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 02:40, David Kimdon wrote:
Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 05:00:45PM -0800 wrote:
cd1: idepci; cd2 scsi; cd3: bf2.4; cd4: vanilla
SCSI??? is there such a devil ?
Its not in bf
On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 10:45:21AM -0800, Jim Westveer wrote:
On Friday 05 April 2002 01:00, Anthony Towns wrote:
GUYS, _STOP IT_.
NOW IS _NOT_ THE TIME TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE WAY THE INSTALL WORKS.
I am not suggesting changing anything in how the install
works, or anything to do with the
Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 05:17:57AM +0200 wrote:
On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 04:06:19AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
cd1: idepci; cd2 scsi; cd3: bf2.4; cd4: vanilla
I got a second, any opposed?
After considering this, I'm opposed.
If the decision is that the default boot floppies for woody
On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 10:31:25PM -0800, David Kimdon wrote:
the first CD. Is enabling frame-buffer an option on the vanilla
flavor? (Herbert, I cc'd you to get your opinion on that, I don't
Enabling VGA16 as a module will be done in the next release.
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On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 06:22, Anthony Towns wrote:
I'm not really sure what part of _STOP IT_ is so difficult to
understand, but please _STOP IT_. If you want to move the bf2.4 kernel
images onto the CD#2 bootsector, that's fine. But the default kernel
for woody, and hence the image that
On Sat Apr 06, 2002 at 08:10:16AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
The ISOLINUX/MEMDISK thing mentioned earlier looks interesting. Has
anyone played with this? Presumably we could use MEMDISK to select
I've used Isolinux. It works for me. Lets me select from
multiple kernels on CD, with no
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Question:
Would there be any objections to setting the default
boot kernel on woody CD#1 to the bf2.4 flavor ???
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Le Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 07:17:58AM -0800, Jim Westveer écrivait:
Hi,
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Question:
Would there be any objections to setting the default
boot kernel on woody CD#1 to the bf2.4 flavor ???
I guess it's a bit late for this change since it probably means that we
have to update the
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On Thursday 04 April 2002 14:13, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
Le Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 07:17:58AM -0800, Jim Westveer écrivait:
Hi,
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Would there be any objections to setting the default
boot kernel on woody CD#1 to the bf2.4 flavor
Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 07:17:58AM -0800 wrote:
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Question:
Would there be any objections to setting the default
boot kernel on woody CD#1 to the bf2.4 flavor ???
Yes, the bf2.4 kernel is described in the woody release notes as an
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