F-17 Branched report: 20120211 changes

[Mike Chambers]

On Sat, 2012-02-11 at 07:40 -0800, John Reiser wrote:
> > Is the tree installable yet (I yet to see images dir and such)?  Don't
> > mean is an ISO built, but can the tree be installed against or will be
> > soon?
> 
> Yesterday (Friday) using pungi-2.10-1.fc17 I built an anaconda install DVD
> of f17-branched.  This effectively mirrors the tree into /var/cache/pungi,
> and does so incrementally, and allows for future incremental updates.
> A fresh install from the DVD completed successfully.  Upon boot, the
> newly-installed system hung near the end of multi-user boot,
> shortly before displaying the graphical greeter screen.
> 
> So by that method, then f17-branched is "installable".  If you are mirroring
> "the tree" via rsync, or any incremental scheme based on modification date,
> then the resulting local tree is >= 99% usable, and you should start now.
> What do you mean, exactly, by "can the tree be installed against"?

Install against via nfs/http/ftp but there are no images dir with the
netinstall.iso or whatever to do a quick cd or anything.  I don't create
images as I just make quick boot cd from the boot.iso.


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Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY

"Best little town on Earth!"