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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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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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x86 Architecture Team |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |