From: Fco.J.Ballesteros <nemo@plan9.escet.urjc.es>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] ideas for a new install procedure
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 10:18:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011114081504.7024919A27@mail.cse.psu.edu> (raw)
One way would be to ship a kernel with just enough to download another
kernel from the network (like the 50M distribution file). Then
use that kernel to boot the real installer.
I think I like this more than I like dynamic modules for the kernel
(which I think I read are being included). But if that's the case, these
modules can also be downloaded either from the net or from wherever the
50M dist file is being downloaded.
Also, is 9pcdisk.gz using bzip2? If not, bzip2 can reach higher
compression rates. Still remember when I had to use `make bzImage'
instead of `make zImage' for linux...
hth
next reply other threads:[~2001-11-14 9:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-14 9:18 Fco.J.Ballesteros [this message]
2001-11-14 16:09 ` Jason Gurtz
2001-11-14 19:46 ` Dan Cross
2001-11-14 10:44 geoff
2001-11-14 14:07 ` William Josephson
2001-11-15 10:41 ` Ralph Corderoy
2001-11-15 14:09 ` Sam Hopkins
2001-11-14 14:31 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2001-11-14 20:03 Russ Cox
2001-11-14 21:22 ` Dan Cross
2001-11-14 21:33 forsyth
2001-11-14 22:33 ` Dan Cross
2001-11-14 23:03 ` Jason Gurtz
2001-11-14 23:59 ` Dan Cross
2001-11-15 17:24 ` Jason Gurtz
2001-11-14 21:34 forsyth
2001-11-14 22:35 Russ Cox
2001-11-14 23:57 ` Dan Cross
2001-11-14 23:04 anothy
2001-11-14 23:18 Russ Cox
2001-11-14 23:20 Russ Cox
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