Re: i386 GENERIC+miniroot vs amd64 INSTALL kernels

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 12:08:55PM -0500, Steven Bellovin wrote:
> From the outside, I had assumed there were two other reasons: the easy ability
> to increase the functionality of the install system (more commands, more
> powerful shell -- can I be the only one who misses command-line editing in
> the install subsystem? -- without being limited by RAM size, better 
> installation
> on small-RAM machines, and -- perhaps most important -- as a step towards
> easy live CDs.

Yes, all true.

Martin