Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (139 mails)

[Lukas Ocilka <lukas.ocilka@xxxxxxx>]

Michal Marek napsal(a):
> Lukas Ocilka wrote:
> > I just went through the new installation images searching for any huge
> > binaries or libraries (or any other big files). I've found that we use
> > Xvnc server (for remote installation). Only the binary takes 3.8 MB (of
> > course, installation image is compressed).
>
> I'm just thinking out loud - the vnc server is only needed if you pass
> vnc=1 to linuxrc, right? Now the instsys was split up into multiple
> images in Factory. So... is it possible / does it make sense to put the
> vnc part into a separate image and mount that image only when vnc is
> used? Of course it doesn't save space on the CD, but it might save some
> memory in the instsys (or not?).

Yes, good idea :) and already filed... ;)
FATE #303513: Move parts of installation to separate image

L.