>>"Bill" == Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bill> The creation of boot floppies used to occur during the installation of
Bill> kernel-image. However, when I just installed 2.4.17, I wasn't asked to
Bill> create a boot floppy. And I want to create one.
Bill> Why was the creation of the boot floppy dropped from the installation
Bill> of kernel-image? What is the alternative?
The creation of boot floppies is not dropped for regular
kernel images. However, if you are using an initrd, then the
simplistic method used in the post inst to create a bootable floppy
does not work (we probably would run out of space, and dealing with
that is beyond the scope of a mere post installation scipt).
I never use initrd images (I know my hardware, and see no
benefits from being able to select from multitudes of fs modules and
scsi modules), and thus this has not reached the level of irritation
for me to do something about it.
As always, tested patches are welcome.
manoj
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