On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 10:08:07PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> The i386 netinst has only 1 kernel and doesn't offer download other
> kernels.
That's not correct. The i386 netinst has both the 486 and 686 kernel and
it will always install a working one, even for AMD processors. Please do
your
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 10:08:07PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> Op 26-03-2007 om 12:22 schreef Steve Langasek:
> > On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 09:03:56PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> > > Op 25-03-2007 om 14:38 schreef Steve Langasek:
>
> > > > but it's quite well documented what this image cont
Op 26-03-2007 om 12:22 schreef Steve Langasek:
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 09:03:56PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> > Op 25-03-2007 om 14:38 schreef Steve Langasek:
> > > but it's quite well documented what this image contains and does.
>
> > Where? http://www.google.com/search?q=definition+net
> http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
"A network install or netinst CD is a single CD which enables you to install
the entire operating system. This single CD contains just the minimal amount of
software to start the installation and fetch the remaining packages over the
Internet."
This is clea
On Monday 26 March 2007 21:03, Geert Stappers wrote:
> Where? http://www.google.com/search?q=definition+netinst didn't help
http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
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On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 09:03:56PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> Op 25-03-2007 om 14:38 schreef Steve Langasek:
> > On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 11:53:36AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
>
> > > Finally, nobody has a good idea of what should be on it. It's
> > > neither fish nor fowl, and everybody
Op 25-03-2007 om 14:38 schreef Steve Langasek:
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 11:53:36AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
> > Finally, nobody has a good idea of what should be on it. It's
> > neither fish nor fowl, and everybody expects something different of
> > it.
>
> Sorry for your confusion,
On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 11:53:36AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
> First, it's misnamed. People expect it to somehow involve booting
> from the LAN, which it doesn't. That confuses people. Once they get
> that figured out, the existence of a "network install" CD makes them
> wonder what
On Mar 25, 2007, at 7:10 AM, Geert Stappers wrote:
Back to 'netinst'
This image is one that does disappoint people often.
What could be done to prevent that?
I see two possibilities:
(A) Eliminate it entirely
(B) Treat it as an expanded "businesscard" image.
Discussion:
(A) I'm serious
Op 25-03-2007 om 04:04 schreef Eddy Petri??or:
> > On Saturday 24 March 2007 17:28, Michael Numberger wrote:
> >> On a AMD K7-650 (Slot A), the RC2-Installer installs the
> >> linux-image-2.6-486 an not the linux-Image-2.6-k7.
> >
> > You probably used a netinst CD image. That CD image just does n
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