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Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Friday 11 January 2008, Galevsky wrote: |
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>> You can say that devs have no time to make it, but please, don't tell |
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>> that Gentoo doesn't need any installCD (outdated means no CD at all |
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>> for many computers nowaday). |
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> Please tell me where I said any such thing. |
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> I'll give you a clue - I didn't. I asked you why you think the install |
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> CD needs updated. |
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> Apparently your answer to that is that you have a ICH9 machine. That's |
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> fine, it's reasonable to need that supported on the BootCD. Was it |
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> really necessary to take out your frustrations/whatever with the |
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> installer on me on a public mailing list? Hmmm? |
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Isn't it true that not everything can be supported anyway? The CD can |
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hold only so much data before it runs out of space. I suspect that some |
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older hardware is not included to make room for more recent hardware. |
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Also, at the rate things comes out, a new CD would have to be made every |
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few months to keep up. From what I have read on -dev, it is harder to |
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make the CD than some realize. They have a lot to consider on what to |
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include and what to leave out. |
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To clarify, I am talking about the CD that includes distfiles and a |
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snapshot. The minimal CD and DVD is a separate matter. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) :-) |
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