On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 01:25:23PM +0200, Axel Schlicht wrote: > Chris Tillman wrote: > > Hi Chris > > > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-rescue-boot.en.html#s-install-cd > It's also on the CD, but I first thought it was Chinese (ch, well might > also be Swiss) and with no Chinese fonts at hand I decded to skip it. > And, if you first look under /doc you only have zero byte files under a > non-unix-flavored OS, a they usually don't have links. > > > > What about providing something like indicating a file which lists all > > > possible kernels on all CD's. should be a text file so that a simple cat > > > | more will sufice to read it. > > That would be the README's in /install/doc > There's no README in /install/doc on CD1 > There's a README in / on CD1 but it doesn't cover this
Oops, misguided you there. The flavor README's are down in the archive structure, under disks-i386/current. There's one in each flavor folder. Not very accessible. Probably it would be good to add the flavor stuff from those into the / README ? > /install/doc/install.en.txt however mentions 4 kernels (I think they are > on CD1) If isolinux works on your machine, you get to choose from the 4. otherwise we have the four on the 1st four CDs also. > I have seen them while installing on my laptop (IDE inly, so I didn't > run into any problems here). It mentions : vanilla, compact, idepci, and > bf2.4 and some additional information. > As there is also a text file alogside the html files, it should be > readable while installing. > A small plea: > I do believe most people will first jump to /doc, do a ls, read install, > jump there and only see 0 byte files. (Especially if you have a look at > the CDs under M$. A short textfile saying see under /install/doc might > solve this. Not a big deal but s small help. Actually, _most_ people don't read the docs even if they find them. But this could be added to the / README, if it's not already there. > > No, as someone else mentioned we're not working on boot-floppies > > any more. We'll need help testing the new installer once it becomes > > available. You'd agree it's a minor problem? > Some CD(-ROM)s won't boot properly, some (older) Laptops willl also have > problems to boot from CDs. Will it, for some time in the future, still > be possible to boot in a differnt way (loadlin etc). And, with the CD > set (bnary only) now spanning 7 volumes, will there son be DVDs? (Just a > question). DVD images are available now. I think we will be supporting floppy installs only for older hardware; thats IMHO. Loadlin doesn't work with the new kernels, I haven't heard about anyone fixing it. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual> | | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | To Have, Give All to All (ACIM) | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]