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  • From: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
  • To: sm-discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO suggestion
  • Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 08:30:55 -0700

Quoting Andrew <afrayedknot AT thefrayedknot.armory.com>:
> I agree, keep the iso small. We do have net based installs in the
> development queue which would involve downloading the cache tarballs
> from the web, and having only a small iso or floppy image to boot from,
> at which point adding xorg and a wm as an optional package would be
> cheaper as it wouldn't unnecessarily bloat the iso.
>
> Perhaps as a compromise we can add a note to the install wiki
> "if you really need to get work done, you might want to install X + a wm
> before embarking on the update/rebuild."

That would probably be the better implementation for us, though it wouldn't
answer his needs as he (and others possibly) would want to start working Right
Away(TM) and the X compile can take a bit of time. ;)

-sandalle

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