Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (257 mails)

[Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday May 26 2009, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
> Randall R Schulz schrieb:
> > On Tuesday May 26 2009, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> > > Am Dienstag 26 Mai 2009 schrieb Randall R Schulz:
> > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > So perhaps it's a bit ahead of its time, but hopefully not much.
> > >
> > > Why would someone who uses internet based video delivery download
> > > a 25GB medium with 90% software he never uses and wait for the
> > > download to finish to start installation ...?
> >
> > Packrat. Grimy paws. Try to pay attention.
> >
> > Seriously, if downloading Blu-Ray images is not going to be
> > justified, then why would anything other than the nucleus of a boot
> > disc with a kernel and a full complement of hardware drivers and
> > the first stage of the installer ever be distributed? A CD (image)
> > would be more than enough.
>
> That already exists since ages.
>  <http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/iso/openSUSE-11.1-NET-i586.iso>
>
> Or did you argue about that would be enough in every case?

My point is that if Blu-Ray media or images are not justified, then 
nothing but that sort of minimal installer is justified. If there's a 
reason to go beyond a minimal installer, then there's a reason to put 
everything on a single distribution medium (or image).


> Wolfgang


Randall Schulz
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