Bug 73519 – Why does mkbootdisk include the network driver?

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Bug 73519 - Why does mkbootdisk include the network driver?

Summary:	Why does mkbootdisk include the network driver?

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	mkbootdisk (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.3
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	high Severity high
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Assigned To:	Matt Wilson
QA Contact:	David Lawrence
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Reported:	2002-09-05 13:43 EDT by hjl
Modified:	2005-10-31 17:00 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2003-02-19 01:53:28 EST
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A patch (1.32 KB, patch) 2002-09-05 14:23 EDT, hjl	no flags	Details \| Diff
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Description hjl 2002-09-05 13:43:08 EDT

mkbootdisk-1.4.3-1 includes the network driver.
It doesn't make any senses. The initrd on the
harddrive doesn't do it. Why should mkbootdisk?
It makes my floopy bootdisk so big that it won't
even fit to 1.44MB.

Comment 1 hjl 2002-09-05 14:23:08 EDT

Created attachment 75105 [details]
A patch

Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2003-02-19 01:53:28 EST

We don't include it anymore as of 1.5.0-1

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