Fwd: Live ISOs that don't fit on CDs

Eli elijahm17 at gmail.com
Sat Mar 13 22:22:44 UTC 2010


That is written into the Documentation Live Beat on the wiki already.
But like you said will need to be added to the other docs. 

Eli 



On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 08:19 +1000, Ruediger Landmann wrote:
> We're going to need to keep an eye on this issue -- if the F13 live 
> image will no longer fit on a CD, we need to note it in the RN, plus 
> other docs too (readme-live-image, readme-burning-isos, 
> installation-quick-start-guide, at least)
> 
> Just a heads up...
> 
> Rudi
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Live ISOs that don't fit on CDs
> Date: 	Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:33:10 -0500
> From: 	Christopher Beland <beland at alum.mit.edu>
> Reply-To: 	For testers of Fedora development releases 
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> To: 	test at lists.fedoraproject.org
> 
> 
> 
> So in the process of triaging Bug 557958, I have found a user with an
> interest in lobbying against the decision to allow Live ISOs that are
> too large to burn to CD.  (They can't boot off USB or DVD, and I think
> is experiencing a bug with their network install.)
> 
> I'm not questioning the decision, but as more people discover that
> things are too big to burn onto CD, it would be helpful to have
> someplace to point them.
> 
> After poking around a bit in mailing list archives, I couldn't find any
> official announcement, nor did I find the reference which I think which
> was on this mailing list where I first learned about this myself.  Does
> anyone know which group made this decision, and if there's an official
> reasoning?  (Or for that matter if there's still a chance that it might
> be reversed.)
> 
> It might be helpful to update:
> 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD
> 
> with some explanation, for example:
> 
> * The vast majority of users can boot off USB, if not DVD, and so are
> not affected by the change.  The larger size better serves the majority
> by providing the software that most people need in a Live distribution.
> * Non-Live installation methods are still available on CD, including
> network install from a minimal image, or offline install from multiple
> CDs.
> * Users that can only boot off CD but still need a Live distribution can
> use Revisor and published kickstart files to slim down the official
> spins to include only the software they actually need.
> 
> -B.
> 
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