On 28 Mar 2003, Jeremy Katz wrote: > On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 12:31, Matt Fahrner wrote: > > We have building our own "initrd.img" files with added modules for our > > kickstart floppy. Unfortunately under "rawhide" (aka: 8.1, soon to be > > 9.0) the kernel plus our modules no longer fit on a 1.4 meg floppy. > > 9, not 9.0. > > Have you considered using CDs to boot with instead? Floppies are a > losing solution going forward because the kernel and needed support for > things keeps growing yet floppies are fixed at 1.44 megs :( > > Cheers, > Jeremy Another cloud on the horizon for floppy-based installs is that, in time, floppy drives may fall out of fashion. Dell has them as option-only for some of their workstations: http://www.vnunet.com/News/1138541 ciao, denice -- denice.deatrich @ epfl.ch, DSC / LTHC-LTHI, E.P.F.L. PH: +41 (21) 693 76 67 <*> This moment's fortune cookie: "Quando omni flunkus moritati" - Red Green
