From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31800 invoked by uid 1002); 26 Jul 2003 09:18:55 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 3313 invoked from network); 26 Jul 2003 09:18:55 -0000 Message-ID: <005701c35356$ab632440$2767f842@stan> From: "C. Brewer" To: References: <20030725115209.2ff7b1f6.cbrewer@stealthaccess.net> <200307251844.03636.vapier@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 02:16:58 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Subject: [gentoo-dev] RE:Boot floppies X-Archives-Salt: 5cd09278-0d03-4c2d-b92b-152ddace45e3 X-Archives-Hash: a107e60ebdbf7db111c5e44437b032fb > the idea is to do make a boot floppy that allows you to install Gentoo :) > > so, we'd be aiming for bootloader + kernel (2.6.x does not support the > oldschool 1 disk w/out bootloader style) + workable env to setup your fs, d/l > a tarball, and chroot from there ... Okay, I'm on the same page now. But still a little confused. I'm guessing install floppy for cases in where one cannot boot from a cd or no cd is present (older machines). So if this was the case, why a 2.6 kernel? You could do it with a 2.2 or 2.4 oldschool style, and get it dropped back to one disk. It wont really matter what kernel is on the disk,as long as it runs it, everything going to the hd will be totally different anyhow. Just a thought. Chuck P.S. I apologize for the M$ crap mail, but my box is really busy atm.:( -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list