Subject: Re: distrib/notes update
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
List: port-amd64
Date: 05/16/2007 20:53:54
On Wed, 16 May 2007, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> attached is a first cut at updating distrib/notes to the new cdrom boot
> scheme, mentionning ACPI and related fallouts. My troff knowlege is
> very limited so the formatting can probably be improved too.
>
> Please comment (on both the troff, and the content :). Do you see anything
> else that should be said on this topic ?

I'm about to add a GENERIC.NOACPI kernel for i386, as there are machines 
out there that cannot boot with any of the kernels we ship in 4.0.
And I do not consider "boot -c" a very useful solution, as one may not be 
able to build a kernel. Please mention that extra kernel, it'll be 
available from sysinst and as install set soon.

As for ISOs in $MACHINE/installation/cdrom not containing install sets, 
maybe mention that they are intended for hardware testing and 
network-based installs.

Thanks!


  - Hubert