Re: [woody] modules for debian-installer (Re: the next step)

2000-10-01 Thread Jeff Sheinberg
Adam Di Carlo writes: > Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > I think grub would be better since it's xplatform. I have heard ^ > rumors that its not ready for prime time yet, though. [snip] GRUB is quite nice, however, it is not `xp

Re: [woody] modules for debian-installer (Re: the next step)

2000-09-30 Thread Erik Andersen
On Sat Sep 30, 2000 at 01:26:49PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > I think grub would be better since it's xplatform. I have heard > rumors that its not ready for prime time yet, though. I've been using it with great results on my laptop, home box, and work box. I give it two thumbs up (though

Re: [woody] modules for debian-installer (Re: the next step)

2000-09-30 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, we can certianly try to do this eventually. However, take a look at > all the disgusting stuff basedisks.sh has to do in the boot-floppies to > create a debian base system. A lot of packages need to be cleaned up > before we can just dpkg -i `cat base-

Re: [woody] modules for debian-installer (Re: the next step)

2000-09-30 Thread Joey Hess
Taketoshi Sano wrote: > > * base tarball installer > > Is "base tarball" required for woody debian-installer ? > > I think if we can use network to retrieve packages, then > we can use the fresh archive itself, rather than old base > part of the archive which was frozen into tar-ball. Yes, we

[woody] modules for debian-installer (Re: the next step)

2000-09-29 Thread Taketoshi Sano
May I ask some questions ? In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:36:00 -0700, on the next step, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I picked this configuration because: > * It's easy to develop for -- it's easy to write a floppy and boot it, > easing the test cycle. > * The ha