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  • From: unet <unet.42 AT free.fr>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO suggestion
  • Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 11:50:59 +0200

Ok, we got a ton of stuff to do for cauldron, so why not use the wiki to
put your iso suggestions, etc ? (Or even better, join the cauldron
team :) ).

...and yes we plan to add something like net install in the ISO
soon... ;)

Unet

On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 10:37 +0200, Mads Laursen wrote:
> On 04/08/04 20.02, Jason Flatt wrote:
> > On Wednesday 04 August 2004 8:17 am, Eric Sandall wrote:
> > >
> > > What do people think of adding xorg (and only xorg, not xfree86) and,
> > > say,
> > > blackbox (it's small and fast) as an optional install?
> > >
> > > -sandalle
> >
> > I think a better option would be a second ISO with the addition of xorg
> > and
> > company in it.
> >
> > Then people would have a choice: with xorg or without xorg, caffeinated
> > or
> > decaffeinated, leaded or unleaded, tastes great or less filling. (I'll
> > stop
> > now.)
>
> If (when) the installer gets support for network install, it could
> offer as many optional packages as anyone cares to build and put
> online. If the installer simply checks /var/cache/sorcery or whereever
> the cache tarballs are supposed to be on the iso, then anything could
> be added to the iso via multisession burning.
> For those who with slow connections, the installer could also check
> for source files and copy them. Then you could use your smgl box on a
> fast link to download everything and burn a bootable dvd, which could
> be used to install boxes with a slow link.
>
> Just an idea.
>
> /dossen
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