Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (904 mails)

[Stephan Kulow <coolo@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Am Dienstag 01 April 2008 schrieb Martin Schlander:
> Tirsdag den 1. April 2008 14:04:58 skrev Stephan Kulow:
> > - we seriously think about dropping the one CD solutions and
> >   concentrate on the installable live CDs + providing a live USB
> >   stick
>
> Would it be possible to include the normal installer on the live-cd.
>
> The user could then have the choice at grub between booting live system or
> going straight to conventional installer.
Taking that there is no repository on the live cd, it can't be a conventional
installer.

> This would address the issue of the extra memory requirements of live
> install. Plus the risk of live system not being able to start in some cases
> because of X-issues.
If the live system won't start, you think people still want to install?

If so, boot with 3 in the boot prompt and call yast2 live-installer after root 
login ;)

> Live USB system sounds like a very good idea - but I think people will use
> it more as a portable system and for promotional purposes, than for rescue
> purposes. Maybe it would be better to drop graphics and multimedia apps
> than office and games.

graphics and multimedia make up ~30MB, office and games ~300MB :)

And the adventage of the USB image would be: you can zypper in -t pattern 
office

Greetings, Stephan

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