[Fedora-livecd-list] RFC- improving livecd installer efficiency

[Douglas McClendon]

Douglas McClendon wrote:
> Russ,
> 
> If you are referring to the /usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk tool, then
> the problem I described is not the culprit.  If however you are talking
> about the 'install to harddrive' feature run from within the 
> fedora-7-livecd
> environment, then yes, that would be affecting you.

To correct and clarify myself-

If you have hacked/patched livecd-iso-to-disk to support something like the 
output of livecd-tools --uncompressed, then theoretically a similar issue might 
come into play.  (but unless you know for sure that is the case, it's not the case).

Also, the issue is still valid for the case of running livecd-iso-to-disk to 
move a livecd iso onto a usb flash stick, and _then_ booting a live environment 
from that flash, and _then_ installing to some _other_ disk using the anaconda 
live install to harddrive feature.  I.e. it comes into play only in that last 
step, when installing fedora-7 from a live booted environment (cd or usb-flash) 
to hard disk.

-dmc


> 
> If my theory is correct, the install time might be taking up to 70% 
> longer than it could (if implemented with the resize2fs procedures).
> 
> -dmc
> 
> russdyson at hotmail.com wrote:
>> As a relative noob (only been into Linux for about 1 year -
> 
> and a lot of what you guys talk about goes over my head), I
> 
> would just like to add that with my 4GB usb2 stick it
> 
> does seem to take a disproportionaly long time to copy the
> 
> boot image files from the livecd iso file to the stick.
> 
> This might be because it is filling the rest of the drive with 0's
> 
> as you suggest.Still damn cool though!Russ.
> 
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