Do we need split media CDs for F12?

[Jesse Keating]

On Jun 14, 2009, at 1:30, King InuYasha <ngompa13 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Bradley Baetz <bbaetz at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> On 14/06/09 04:53, Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote:
>
> ----- "Frank Murphy"<frankly3d at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Just curious.
>
> But if a user has bandwidth problems, how is\are mutiple CD's going
> to help, or is it purely on hardware grounds, no dvd-rom.
>
>
> Does no one remember what happened last time the CD ball was dropped?
> Lets not repeat history just for fun. We have been down this road
> before, it was ugly and only lasted one release. Torrent tracker
> numbers BTW do not always tell the truth. In many cases in these less
> fortunate areas one person will download the ISO images, then make
> CDs for any one in the surrounding villages. Sneakernet is alive and
> well. I asked about this topic a few minutes ago in the
> #fedora-social IRC channel because we seemed to have a pretty diverse
> mix of people chatting. There was a resounding response that the CDs
> need to be kept.
>
> What about a script that takes the DVD image and produces CD .isos?  
> That saves on mirror space, but still allows people who want/need  
> CDs to make them. Although it would require (temporarily) 2-3 times  
> the disk space for that process, I guess.
>
> Bradley
>
>
> A script that takes the DVD image to produce the CD versions would  
> basically require extracting the whole DVD image and then generating  
> new ISOs from that tree. Maybe mirrors could do it if you want to  
> save space on the main server or whatever.
>
> Also, maybe we should support PXE/network booting the Live version  
> from mirrors or whatever with the advent of netbooks and other  
> computers without an optical drive. While doing it via USB is  
> preferable, it is not always possible. For example I have a laptop  
> with a completely damaged drive bay where the CD drive is and it  
> does not support booting from USB devices. Being able to boot the  
> Live distro from a network would be a great alternative.

Why the live and not the normal install via pxe?

--
Jes
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