From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (971110.SGI.8.8.8/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id LAA689892 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 11:42:55 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id LAA03128 for linux-list; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 11:38:42 -0800 Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id LAA03109 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 11:38:41 -0800 Received: from netscape.com (h-205-217-237-46.netscape.com [205.217.237.46]) by sgi.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/970507) via ESMTP id LAA10655 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 11:38:40 -0800 env-from (shaver@netscape.com) Received: from dredd.mcom.com (dredd.mcom.com [205.217.237.54]) by netscape.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA01946 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 11:38:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from netscape.com ([208.12.32.37]) by dredd.mcom.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.0) with ESMTP id AAA5658; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 11:38:35 -0800 Message-ID: <34C64EB7.1FA95A9C@netscape.com> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 19:38:31 +0000 From: Mike Shaver Organization: Package Reflectors X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.0.31 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alex deVries CC: SGI Linux Subject: Re: root-be-0.03.tar.gz References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Alex deVries wrote: > I can already see some things that should go into 0.04.. It would be nice if there was a really minimal root-be with just enough to get a network configured and then start pulling stuff down via RPM. That was my goal with the Linux-installer, although we could have two versions, too. > Some things to work on: > - get a more modern version of vmlinux with efs for both scache'd and > non-scache'd machines I _must_ start working on EFS again. I assume I've missed the 2.2 freeze, but I could still help a lot of people by getting off my a** and finishing it. My apologies to those who are waiting on it. > - make Linux-installer-0.1c with root-be-0.03.tar.gz (with Mike's > permission) Sold! Note that you'll have to make a cpio of it, because that's all the installer understands. Also, if you talk to Alan about how to fix the installer to do devices correctly, things will get a little simpler. > - document all this (damn, I wish I had another SCSI disk to practice > installs) I have one, and the work Indy survived the layoffs (woohoo!), so I'll be back to work on that stuff shortly (cross your fingers =) ). Mike -- 509756.92 504401.08