[101194] in RedHat Linux List
Re: compaq and linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (LEBLIN Jean-Yves)
Wed Nov 25 03:55:23 1998
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:55:33 +0100
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From: LEBLIN Jean-Yves <leblin@iae.univ-nantes.fr>
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At 21:35 24/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>It sucks but you could use a linux boot disk floppy. =20
>>
>
>The poor much maligned floppy. It really does not suck. I have recently
>fallen in love with the boot floppy. I have a new dual ppro box that I
>have been compiling kernels on for some other machines, and with the use of
>rdev, can make a nice custom boot floppy for most any box in my network. I
>have even taken to carrying around a set of boot floppies for different
>kernal configurations (with firewall, without, with 3com, with Intel, new
>kernel, old kernel, patched kernel, etc). Since I only use either 3com or
>Intel nics, this has been a real easy way to compile on a fast box (will do
>a kernal in under 3+- minutes depending on the crap you select). So learn
>to love your floppy. Just think. You whole multi user network aware OS is
>on that one little disk. It is cool.
>
I already love my linux floppy but i think i'll have to make a compaq
configuration floppy if i want to use linux on it as the "bios" says,
because when i use my linux floppy, it starts loading the system and then
when it says "IDE 0" or something like this it reboots.
Anyway the floppy is still my friend when i have to start some other
computer :-)
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