On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 05:08:42PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 10:53:35AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I have installed (on i386) potato (r0 i think) from CD, and this is > > > exactly > > > how it works. it gets the linux file and the modules.tar.gz to get the > > > modules. > > > > No, that's wishful thinking. See choose_medium.c: > > > > char kernel_image_path[PATH_MAX+1] = "images-1.44/rescue.bin"; > > > > It really is not going to be all that hard to fix this for Woody -- > > the logic is simple. If we're installing the kernel from floppies, > > use the rescue disk; otherwise, use the vmlinuz file (or whatever) > > appropriate for your subarch or flavor. > > Yes, that would be really nice, ... > Why? What makes it so good to have the kernel installed differently from floppies and from network? The only thing I can see would be custom kernels after install. But then you'd have to change the way it gets the modules too.
What am I missing? BTW, meant to send it to list before but hit r instead of L... Mike
