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Re: checking the release-critical bugs



On 22 Nov 1998, Adam Di Carlo wrote:

 : "Kevin" == Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net> writes:
 : > Yes, zimage kernels *need* to be available, whether they are the
 : > default or not.  Only some of us are patient enough to roll our own,
 : > or download a hidden boot disk.  Some people on the thinkpad mailing
 : > list want to use Debian, but don't know how.  Let's make it easy for
 : > them.
 : 
 : Instead of just pointing this out YET AGAIN, are you willing to put
 : some actual work into making this happen?  I.e., getting initrd
 : support on boot-floppies in the *next week or two* ?

Relax.  All that most people are asking for is a rescue disk with a
zImage kernel, possibly at the expense of less SCSI drivers compiled
into the kernel.  After all, how many laptops have DPT RAID controllers?
(I realise that there are non-laptop systems that need zImage, but let's
be realistic - *most* systems that need zImage are laptops).

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