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  • From: Andrew <afrayedknot AT thefrayedknot.armory.com>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] smgl-0.7-pre1 thoughts
  • Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 01:29:42 -0700

On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 12:50:49AM -0700, Seth Woolley wrote:
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> The networking stuff is almost required unless one has it by default not
> built but included in /var/spool/sorcery. Kind of an extra level of
> complexity if we are going to automate it.

the old iso had it in /var/spool/sorcery but also asked about it...
It doesnt seem like too much extra complexity, just a menu somewhere
do you need dhcpcd? (for dynamic ip addresses)
do you need pcmcia-cs? (are you using pc cards?)
do you need rp-pppoe? (do you use pppoe)

whatever questions are answered yes equate to a cast, pretty simple
unless theres something im missing.

The sources should exist in /var/spool/sorcery on the image, but i dont
see a reason to have them installed too.

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> The compiling tools like auto*, libtool, and nasm... I would expect them
> to come up quite a bit. I think they should be there.
I dont because they arent strictly necessary.

>sysklogd for
> security reasons I'd like to include by default. At least one standard
> system logger. It can be dispelled but I would highly suggest against it.
> The new init system might even require it.
the init system doesnt need it (although it used to until i complained)

> I won't argue that xfs/e?fs/reiserfs tools are not needed. I
> would expect them on the iso if it is to work as a rescue disk.
the fs tools should stay on the iso, but seem unnecesary on the image. One
solution would be to remember what file systems the user formatted and
install only the corresponding fstools. Just an idea.

> The most
> important thing is to keep the iso about/under 180 mb to keep it on the
> small CD size for me, personally.
I agree, small iso's are good. all the more reason to strip things down :)


Andrew
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