[gentoo-dev] install methods

[John Stalker]

For reference here is the way debian breaks down the install and
the media which can be used.  I am not suggesting that we need to be
this flexible, at least it gives us some idea what is possible.

   Boot | Kernel Image | Drivers | Base System | Packages | media
   -----+--------------+---------+-------------+----------+--------
    S   |              |         |             |          | tftp
    S   |     Y        |   Y     |     Y       |          | diskette
    S   |     Y        |   Y     |     Y       |   Y      | CD-ROM
    S   |     Y        |   Y     |     Y       |   Y      | hard disk
        |     Y        |   Y     |     Y       |   Y      | NFS
        |              |   S     |     Y       |   Y      | LAN
        |              |         |             |   Y      | PPP

The scheme here is "Y" means it works, "S" means it might work for
you, and " " means it won't work without major hacking.
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John Stalker
Department of Mathematics
Princeton University
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