Re: kernels gettin' bigger

Nick Moffitt writes:

> So we need to upgrade our kernel, and that means stripping it down to
> a useful size.  This is super tough, and may not even be possible once
> we play with 2.6.
> 
> The time to re-evaluate isolinux is now.  Are there even any linux
> install CDs still using el-torito?  
> 
> Seth, do you have any quantitative information on support for
> ISOLINUX that would discourage an effort to switch to it?

We found some individual machines that did not support it.  (I can go
grep in the archive, but I remember seeing one with my own eyes.)

Would you consider that "anecdotal" rather than "quantitative"?

KNOPPIX was still using SYSLINUX when I last checked.  I think that
counts for a lot (KNOPPIX has higher-end hardware requirements than
LNX-BBC does, yet presumably still believes that there are significant
compatibility problems even at the higher end).  Perhaps we should take
a look at what Klaus is doing with modules.

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     http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/   | being programmed by others.
     http://vitanuova.loyalty.org/     |     -- Fred Rogers (1928-2003),
                                       |        464 U.S. 417, 445 (1984)