Re: [Rule-list] ? on RH floppy boot

[Bill Crawford]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Wade Hampton wrote:

> I saw posted and read where the initial goal is to just replace the boot
>
> floppy and use a stock RH CD-ROM., but I have a question.
>
> Doesn't RH mount a virtual root from the CD-ROM and locate
> the install software there?  I believe there are several images,
> all in cdrom1, RedHat/base/*stg1.img and stage2.img.
>
> If this is the case, would this project have to either:
>
> 1)  make a separate installer, e.g., busybox+kernel+scripts,
>      text only and use the RH disc for RPMs
>
> 2)  make a separate virtual image based on RH's but with additional
>      options and capabilities.
>
> Item 2 would require a custom CD-ROM ISO image.  However,
> this is a good thing.  The CD-ROM could also contain the latest
> RH updates.

 A custom CD would be useful.  As one of the main memory-hungry parts
of the install process is storing package headers including a list of
all the filenames and their attributes, cutting down the available
packages to a single CD would reduce the requirements quite a bit, if
I've understood what Erik was saying about this.

 As to the installer, it's really a matter of figuring out what can
be safely removed to make it simpler and smaller.  PCMCIA support is
presumably a low priority, for example, but do we really want to
exclude laptops altogether?  Old laptops would actually be a good
thing to recycle ...

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