On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Chuck Moss wrote: > On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 08:38:35AM -0500, Erik Troan wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 03:44:53 -0500 (EST) > > "rpjday" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > hmmmm ... from looking at the Makefile, it *appears* that the generic > > > loader executable is capable of being both a local loader and network > > > loader. did i get that right? > > > > Exactly. It's used on ia64 right now, and has been used on other platforms > > (at least alpha) in the past. > > I read somewhere that the stock RH 7.2 CDs used a 2.88 MB floppy image on > the CDrom to boot. Is this correct? > > If so, is the network and local capable loader used in that image? but ... but ... i'm sure i just the other day created a 1.44M boot floppy with that generic loader. does that mean i built a boot floppy that could handle both local CD-ROM and network-based installs? if so, why the distinction between boot.img and bootnet.img? rday -- Robert P. J. Day Eno River Technologies, Chapel Hill NC Unix, Linux and Open Source corporate training
