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  • From: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO size and locale availability
  • Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 22:28:20 -0800

Quoting Hamish Greig <hgreig AT bigpond.net.au>:
> you might be confused.
> I don't know.
> previously the iso_root had a full install of glibc, all the locale data in
> iso_root and a locale.archive file in the iso_root that was ~20MB.
> Because sorcery and the installer is in english, for the last release I
> remade
> the local.archive with only some en_* locales, but left all the data files
> still in the iso_root.
> Now, unless anyone objects, or explains why they want to have their LANG
> available in the iso_root (installer is still english so this would only be
> useful for running live or in a shell from the installer) then we can save
> considerable space, allowing for more optional packages to be selectable,
> but
>
> keeping under the magic 215MB size limit of a mini disc (is this size
> wrong ?)
> in case you're confused by the actual removal of the image.tar.bz2 and
> restructuring of the installer heres a brief summary
>
> iso_root will no longer have the image.tar.bz2, instead installation will be
>
> done by copying some key files that sorcery doesn't track, then untarring
> the
>
> caches from /var/cache/sorcery.
> you get to choose what gets installed, and you can recover your system by
> unpacking the one problem spell if you need too.
> Say you choose jed for editor, only jed gets installed, not elvis and nano
> as
>
> well and same with fs and networking spells. fs spells are installed
> depending on the types found in the fstab and networking spells are
> installed
>
> in the reverse of how they were dispelled before.
> then AFTER running all those queries you can look at the list of optional
> spells and choose none, one or all of them.
> Then last thing, install them all to the harddisk.
> The idea is to get the absolute minimum default install, by using
> user-chosen/installer variables, but still offer a kitchen sink install for
> anyone who wants it.

Cool. =) Keep up the good work and we can find another job for you after this.
;)

-sandalle

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