Thats a good idea, you could add a huge amount of distfiles to a dvd. heck maybe even enough to do networkless install.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/20/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bedros Hanounik</b> <
<a href="mailto:2bedros@...">2bedros@...</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">is it possible to have a liveDVD. These days, everyone has a DVD-ROM;
and most people have DVD burners; nearly everyone has access to DVD
burner through a friend or work.<br><span class="sg">
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-B</span><div><span class="e" id="q_1070f6762938efc7_2"><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/20/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Walsh</b> <<a href="mailto:high@..." target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
high@...</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
But I like the non-X liveCD (not the minimal, the Universal), everybody has X<br>livecd's and the simplicity and power of the current livecd is unmatched.<br>Is there no way of keeping the same Universal LiveCD as is now for those users that
<br>prefer it? I mean, when a system is down, there is no need to start X and have open-office and<br>x-chat, xine, mplayer, xmms, etc on the CD, but as many tools as possible, like it is now to get it back up.<br><br>Thanks,
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Re: [gentoo-installer] Gentoo installer vs current
installation method,
what about later?<br>Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:53:48 -0400<br><br>><br>> On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 01:59 +0800, John Walsh wrote:<br>> > Hello all,<br>> ><br>> > I just need some enlightenment, is the gentoo installer going to
<br>> > REPLACE the current methode or is it going to<br>> > be an aleternative, like choosing in between expert/manual (the<br>> > current method) and easy (the gentoo installer).<br>> > The reason I ask this is because I like the current install
<br>> > method via the livecd and I use that livecd A LOT when<br>> > I have to solve some problems on a linux (and even window$)<br>> > partition. I wouldn't not want to be able to still use the livecd
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> > as it is currently usable, because I think it is the best livecd<br>> > out there. If it is going to completely<br>> > replace the current livecd installation method then is there<br>> > going to someone at Gentoo to keep up the livecd
<br>> > tradition?<br>><br>> The concept I have in place for future releases is pretty simple. There<br>> will be 2 CD images per architecture.<br>><br>> 1. Minimal InstallCD<br>> 2. Installer LiveCD
<br>><br>> There will also be stages 1, 2, and 3 on the mirrors. You will still be<br>> able to do a manual installation, but it will be highly discouraged,<br>> simply due to possible problems.<br>><br>> At any rate, when I say LiveCD, I mean the full-blown CD with X on it.
<br>> This CD will be the replacement for both the Universal InstallCD and the<br>> PackageCD. It will also be usable as a RescueCD, so essentially, it is<br>> filling three roles.<br>><br>> The Minimal InstallCD will be reduced even further to be usable for
<br>> installation only. Any non-installation-related packages will be<br>> removed from the CD. I've been considering even removing some of the<br>> lesser-used drivers that typically cause problems and leaving them for
<br>> the full LiveCD only.<br>><br>> You can, of course, still perform a manual installation using the<br>> LiveCD. You aren't forced to use the Installer. I, personally, only<br>> use the LiveCD, as I like having a complete environment available when
<br>> doing troubleshooting, or even just being able to get on gaim while I'm<br>> waiting for my install to complete.<br>><br>> --<br>> Chris Gianelloni<br>> Release Engineering - Strategic Lead<br>> x86 Architecture Team
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