Fedora Core 1 for AMD64 test1

[csm at Lunar-Linux.org]

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On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Jeremy Katz spewed into the bitstream:

JK>On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 15:08 -0500, csm at Lunar-Linux.org wrote:
JK>> On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Jeremy Katz spewed into the bitstream:
JK>> JK>On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 07:22 -0600, Brent J. Nordquist wrote:
JK>> JK>> It didn't offer to create a boot diskette; is that a known change?
JK>> JK>
JK>> JK>The AMD64 kernel is too large to be able to use with floppies.  So boot
JK>> JK>floppies are out.
JK>> 
JK>> So what is left unsaid is that since the kernel image *is* too large for a
JK>> floppy then a rescue situation would require CD#1 or boot.iso plus a
JK>> network install point.
JK>
JK>And I'll go ahead and say that "you might as well get used to it"
JK>across the board.  Floppies are a thing of the past.  Rawhide for x86
JK>has no floppy boot images and unless something major changes, that's the
JK>way forward.  

How's the "boot off of USB diskonkey" thingy coming along?

How're the temperatures in Boston? Gotta be a lot colder eh?

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csm
Lunar Linux Project Lead
Disclaimer: "I am not a curmudgeon! No... really..."
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