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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 13:47:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Frank <msfrank@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] FAQ
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On 8 Apr 2002, Erik Grinaker wrote:

> > a dedicated gentoo floppy bootdisc really sounds like a good idea
>
> Yup. I'll look into it, but no promises.

In my spare time I've been working on a tiny floppy-based distro which I
was considering using to make a gentoo rescue/install bootdisk.  Its not
finished but its got one slick feature (IMHO), which a ~1mb vfat partition
which is mounted at boottime and can contain kernel / modules / libraries
/ apps / etc.  If you're interested, we can pool our efforts.

Michael


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