On 6/2/06, Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de> wrote:
On 2006-06-02 13:29:02 +0200, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
LiveDVD works but - poorly - I'm not satisfied with it.
1) UnionFS will enable us, users - to install software even when running from ROM media - such as a DVD-ROM.
that sounds stupid. unless you have tons of ram to waste. :)
Yes I do - currently running 1GB of RAM with perspective towards 2GB.
2) I don't want to download 2 DVDs - 1 for Live/Test/Rescue and 1 for normal install. If possible, they should be united into 1 DVD.
actually ... it would be suboptimal in both cases either you have to few software to test or to install.
Do you think we will duplicate each software package twice ? Nonsense - There are 3 ways to solve the problem: 1) we could put a *lot* of "standard" packages into liveDVD + RPMs for install version on the same media. 2) Better yet - develop some kind of technology that can take installed RPMs and convert them back to installtion RPMs. Everything is possible. 3) make a single compressed image that contains all software (like Knoppix) that can also be installable. After all - both Knoppix & Ubuntu Dapper Drake solved the problem with decision # 3. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help@opensuse.org