On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 04:12:41PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > Well, lets begin by exploring why it the 686 kernel is on the avoid > list, then. :) > > It is on the avoid list because each kernel included in the DVD uses > around 25-30 MB on the DVD. That space can be used to include a lot > of the packages we want to have included on the DVD. We have to have > the 486 kernel to get LTSP working,
this isn't exactly true... we have to have a -486 kernel to get LTSP working with the *defaults*. debian-edu could easily configure LTSP to use a -686 kernel; it would be merely one more divergence from the LTSP defaults. probably the easiest would be to provide a custom ltsp-build-client plugin that prefers the -686 kernel. i've pondered making this the default, although some (relatively recent) thin-clients don't actually support 686 instructions. i'm not sure how widely used 486/586 desktop machines are anymore, but it does come up occasionally. both cases might be rare enough that -686 would make a better default. live well, vagrant -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101105194419.gh2...@talon.fglan
