> In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.981020125214.28812A-100000@z.ml.org>, Gregory
> Maxwell
> writes:
> +-----
> | I dont think that SMP should be there.. But the kernel should be the most
> | likely to be used one.. This will make sure incompatibilitys happen soon
> | rather then later..
> +--->8
>
> But that implies also loading all possible drivers during the install, etc.;
> but during the install? That's a disaster waiting to happen, not to mention
> a waste of memory (especially since you'd have to do it before swap space
> has been established).
I'm just saying it shouldn't use a radicaly differnt kernel.. Not try all
hardware at boot!
> | Furthermore, it will then be possible to do a zero reboot install on those
> | computers (those=ones that end up using the same as install)..
> +--->8
>
> That one doesn't impress me much, because
> (1) / is on a ramdisk, not the hard drive, during the install... and we've
> already done the initrd thing so we can't use the initrd root hack again.
Hmm.. I suppose we could modify initrd so the trick can be done n times.
> (2) it wouldn't apply to my installs anyway --- I have to deal with little
> things such as AFS.
It would impress the hell out of joe user.
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