RE: [Cooker] mdkinst_stage2.gz file??

[Bill & Lea Greenwood / Vision Computer / Fringe on the Top, Ltd]

> "Bill & Lea Greenwood / Vision Computer / Fringe on the Top, Ltd"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Just noticed a new file in the /base directory called: mdkinst_stage2.gz
> >
> > What is it, and how do we use it??
> >
>
> it's new :)
>
> it's the mdkinst directory in ext2 gzipped. As i am now able to handle big
> ramdisks (just use ramdisk=32000 at kernel boot)

For someone who doesn't know how to do this, your gunna have to explain
step-by-step.  Is this a selection on the main screen now??

>, it's gonna solve the ftp
> install problem, and also the slow cdrom access-time problem, and
> last but not
> least the hd install from fat filesystems. Only problem it needs
> a lot of memory
> (12MB only for the ramdisk), add this to the 12MB minimum for the graphic
> install :(
>
> So, for cdrom install, i use the mdkinst_stage2 if memory is low
> (< 40MB), and
> the live mdkinst otherwise.

I assume these are a selection on the main screen now??  And it is very
obvious how to use it??

 > For ftp install, i use the mdkinst_stage2 in any case (no choice).
>
> For hd install, i use the mdkinst_stage2 if
> >.../Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/runinstall2 is not a link.
>
> For nfs install, i use the live mdkinst in any case.
>



>
>
> cu Pixel.
>