On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 09:47:02PM +0000, Philip Charles wrote: > > > Size may be more of an issue under the Hurd as well, for linux will are > > > aiming to get the kernel and core components onto 1 floppy. uClibc helps > > > a lot under linux, it saves a few hunder kB compared to glibc. > > > > I haven't paid attention to boot floppies much, but if it's that big > > of a problem, should we simply bootstrap from Linux? Put a Debian > > GNU/Linux bootfloppy that untar's a Hurd base*.tgz, installs grub, > > reboots into Hurd. > > Basicly what we are doing now. If people are happy with this, lets us > stick with.
I think we should do this, if it permits us to join the rest of Debian as an official architecture. I think that waiting until we hit "Perfect" will mean waiting a really long time...
