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if you will be downloading everything from the net size wouldn't |
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matter just use the minimal cd if you want it's just a working |
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environment to use to extract the basic files then chroot i once did |
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it from an already installed distro.. and even from windows (read the |
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archives the topic was still on last week) so the medium wouldn't |
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matter if you're online.. |
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On 2/10/06, Rumen Yotov <rumen@××××××.org> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 17:38 +0100, Meino Christian Cramer wrote: |
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> > From: Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga@×××××.com> |
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> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] First Mail to this list: Different isos ? |
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> > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:47:38 -0200 |
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> > |
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> > > On 2/10/06, Meino Christian Cramer <Meino.Cramer@×××.de> wrote: |
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> > > > Hello, |
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> > > > |
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> > > > this is my frist mail to this list. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > I am on the way to install Gentoo-Linux onto my HD...but I don't |
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> > > > know what iso image to use. My platform is x86-based, therefore |
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> > > > I will use one of the *x86*.iso images. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > But there is a *2005.1*iso and a *2005.1-ri*iso. Right from the name, |
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> > > > I would choose the *r1* image. But it is very much smaller then the |
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> > > > other one. |
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> > > |
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> > > Why not simply use the "current" link? |
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> > I would have done this already...if the image size would have been |
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> > more similiar... |
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> > |
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> The latest installer ISO's are smaller (IMHO) because they contain only |
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> stage3 tarballs (no stage-1 & 2 anymore). Haven't checked though. |
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> > > I don't know exactly why it is smaller, but you should have no |
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> > > problems with it... As the team said, its just a media refresh with a |
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> > > few bug fixes. |
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> > > |
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> > > > |
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> > > > So...is this *r1* image an update, a fix, another kind of Gentoo...? |
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> > > |
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> > > A quick google search returned: |
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> > > http://www.gentoo.org/news/20051121-release-2005.1-r1.xml |
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> ...SKIP... |
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> > > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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> > > |
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> HTH.Rumen |
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Cheers, |
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Ghaith |
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