Bernhard R. Link wrote: > Perhaps someone knows another tools. Syslinux' main advantage is > in my eyes that it exists and works. I think it was neighter made for > this usage (but for beeing able to create such disks from DOS, when > I didn't misread anything), nor optimal for the usage. (Do we really > need a FAT-Table on something that is write-once?) Actually, it's a neat feature that the boot-disk isn't necessarily write once. For example, the debian installation manual, chapter 10 [0], explains how to replace the kernel on a boot disk. This is a good thing to recommend to people having unsupported hardware.
Additionally, syslinux main advantages are that it exists and works and (modulo the mounting wished to be optional in #180660) is as easy as it gets. (Amongst syslinux main advantages are such elements as...) Cheers Thomas 0. <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/i386/ch-boot-floppy-techinfo.en.html>
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