Fwd: Live ISOs that don't fit on CDs

[Toshio Kuratomi]

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 09:18:28AM -0600, Draciron Smith wrote:
> There are still tons of machines out there which do not have a DVD and
> especially in third world countries where older hardware is the norm
> the price of a DVD reader is going to be as much as the machine they
> want to put it into.
> 
> Me personally I have several ancient machines who don't even have EIDE
> support and finding a just plain IDE DVD reader would be nearly
> impossible. About all they are good for is playing around with and
> using as data/print servers but if you require a DVD to install they
> become scrap metal.
> 
> Sides if your going to use a DVD what's the point of using a live CD?
> Why not just get the full install? Seems kinda pointless.
> 
Could some of you that have use cases for livecd images send some answers to
duffy's questions on this ticket? https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/351

She's looking into how/whether CD sized images (from the alternate spins)
need to be presented on get.fedoraproject.org somehow.  To do that, she
needs to know what they're actually being used for.

Thanks,
-Toshio
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