On Sun, 2010-05-30 at 12:54 +0200, C wrote:
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 23:39, Hans Witvliet wrote:
Hm, well comparing what is on the dvd and on the online installation tree, there is some discrapancy. So either one should start distributing the distro on a blu-ray (holds 50G) or ship the box with an USB-stick.
But somehome i've got the distinct feeling that Dl-DD dvd are a bit cheaper than same-size usb-stick. Could be wrong tho...
Dual layer DVDs might be cheaper than USB stick, but if you have computers (latops/netbooks etc.) like I do, with no DVD drive at all.... you can't burn the DVD ISO to DVD.... and even if I did have the installer on DVD, I can't use it since I don't have a DVD drive installed in the computer... USB is the only installation medium choice I have (yes I know I can do a net install, but I'm not always guaranteed a net connection during the install process... yes I know I could also go buy an external DVD drive).
Caveat, I do have a DVD burner on one computer... but I haven't used it in a long long time, and don't have DVD banks to burn to anyway.
My case might be a bit lopsided but... I'm seeing it more and more with machines I support.... these non-DVD machines are starting to pop up more and more... and when I'm asked to do an install, USB is often the only practical choice.
I still don't see a good reason why the DVD ISO isn't a hybrid that can easily be dropped onto USB like the Live CDs can be. Maybe there is one... dunno.
C.
If it poses no big problem (read: much extra work) i've nothing against a hybrid install-dvd. Though systems that can not boot from dvd, often work with a slow-speed version of the USB-spec, and a bootable cdrom (netboot) is probably a better choise... It would be fun if a live version could hold a local tftp/pxe installer. And if smaug is correct in empty BD costing just $2, i'll have to go shopping again: last time i checked they were over 15 euro's a piece, and only _if_ available. 25G (or 50GB DL) is a lot of space for either distro smapshot's or backups... hw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org