Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Jun 1999 08:00:25 -0600 | From | yodaiken@chelm ... | Subject | Re: 2.3 wish: integrate pcmcia into mainstream kernel |
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On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 03:42:01PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > If you think I'm going to use a floppy to boot up an operating system > with, you're wrong. It makes perfect sense to just boot up the kernel, and > start installation from the CD. > > Except it doesn't work unless you can read the CD. Which you can't with > the current PCMCIA approach.
How do you boot up the kernel from CD if you can't read the cd?
> NOW do you see why I think a user-mode component is simply not acceptable > for any basic functionality?
The problem is clear. The solution of putting it kernel for testing seems dubious and comes from a surprising source.
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