From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] Installation mechanism
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:42:33 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1011113164052.1019W-100000@einstein.ssz.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200111132139.fADLdun22418@ducky.net>
I vote for a boot floppy with a CD. It's reasonably easy to get a 1G or
less image (not to mention network installs). It's be nice if the CD were
bootable itself.
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Mike Haertel wrote:
> >The startup kernel for next release isn't going to fit on a floppy if we
> >don't change things. We're (jmk and I mostly) considering suggestions
> >for what to do.
> >[possibilities elided]
> >- ???
>
> Why not split it into two floppies: one containing the kernel proper,
> that prompts you to insert the 2nd floppy containing the file system
> and all the user level programs.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-13 22:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-13 19:58 [9fans] one reason ideas from Plan 9 didn't catch on presotto
2001-11-13 20:14 ` William Josephson
2001-11-13 21:39 ` Mike Haertel
2001-11-13 22:42 ` Jim Choate [this message]
2001-11-13 22:54 ` [9fans] Installation mechanism Mike Fletcher
2001-11-13 22:54 ` [9fans] one reason ideas from Plan 9 didn't catch on George Michaelson
2001-11-14 0:19 ` William Josephson
2001-11-13 23:19 ` [9fans] Startup kernel thoughts Chris Hollis-Locke
2001-11-13 22:57 [9fans] Installation mechanism Russ Cox
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