Pavel Cahyna <pavel@netbsd.org> writes:
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 11:44:53AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
>> I've been thinking of adding another install kernel and ramdisk to the i386
>> (and probably amd64) build.
>> This would be aimed at modern (ok probably PIII and later) systems.
>> 
>> Proposed features:
>> 
>> - For native CD boot (no 2.8MB limit)
>> - ACPI support for laptops and other newer systems.
>> - LFS support
>> - No support for EISA and some old network/SCSI cards
>> - Few ISA devices
>
> IMO such kernel should have everything that INSTALL has, including EISA
> and ISA network and SCSI cards. This way, such kernel is suitable for all
> machines and you don't have to think about what kernel to use for install,
> unless you have problems with native CD boot.

That seems reasonable. Old boxes sometimes have trouble with big
kernels, but new boxes do not.

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Perry E. Metzger		perry@piermont.com