On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 12:37:21PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 07:59:52PM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote: > > I would be happy to do so if someone can show me why we really need 2.4 > > boot floppies on i386. So far, the only reasons I've seen are: > > 1. Support for new hardware.
Not only support for new hardware, but fixes for hardware that should work in the first place. Like a PS/2 keyboard on a relatively new motherboard. It works in 2.4 but not 2.2, thus making it impossible (for a the normal user) to install Debian on a normal (although new) machine configuration. Ciao, GOrdon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
