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On 10/19/05, Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 15:41 -0400, Michael Crute wrote: |
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> > Why not replace the minimal livecd too? Just add an option to do |
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> > graphical or "expert" install when you boot the livecd. That would |
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> > help you guys not have to generate so many CD images plus you get the |
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> > best of both worlds. Pretty much the only thing you would do is dump |
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> > people into a terminal instead of starting X for an expert install, |
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> > all the tools would still be there. Anyhow... just my $0.02 |
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> The graphical install is started manually, anyway. You can also boot |
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> the CD with "nox" to get to a terminal. The reason for the minimal CD |
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> is simple, size. If you don't plan on doing anything but a stage1 |
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> installation, a minimal CD + stage1 tarball is a lot less to download |
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> than a 700MB ISO image. Basically, you've suggested a capability the CD |
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> can already do. ;] |
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Yeah... good point... downloading 6GB of isos is for Fedora weenies. Guess I |
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have kinda grown to taking that small minimal cd download size for granted. |
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My next question would be then, why change anything on the minimal cd? Why |
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mess with perfection; or are we going for the smallest iso of any distro out |
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there? ;-) |
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-Mike |
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Michael E. Crute |
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Software Developer |
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SoftGroup Development Corporation |
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Linux, because reboots are for installing hardware. |
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