>If you are using a floppy, why not put the kernel on the floppy, with
>you root fs on nfs ?.
>You can still use dhcp to assign ip.

Because it boots up from the network in a couple of seconds after
reading in and executing Etherboot, as opposed tens of seconds reading
the whole floppy. And with the dismal floppy quality these days, the
more you put on the floppy, the more likely a halt with a read error is.


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