On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Dave Miner<dminer at opensolaris.org> wrote: > Michael Sichler wrote: >> >> Dave, >> [...]> >>> So far we expect that most such customers will deploy using >>> automated installation from network repositories, not CD/DVD.< >> >> Not saying I disagree, but what do you base this on? ?Some would find >> it easier to just pop in a DVD, select the packages and build a >> system. >> >> Again, thanks for your reply. > > I'm sure that some would, but experience has been that media-based > installation are not widely used by "corporations and government agencies" > as you were defining the potential users. ?Most of their deployments are > done using automation frameworks that pull packages or images from network > servers, so features that support those scenarios are where we're spending > the bulk of the effort that's targeted at those customers.
In addition a LiveDVD does not automatically imply ability of package selection. A live image is the image of an installed system and is transferred to hdd as is. So a live DVD image will be a much bigger install probably to the tune of a 10GB OS image. One can of course "remove" packages after the transfer but that is a waste. One cannot selectively transfer packages from a live image. It is also possible to put the liveCD image on the DVD and also bundle in an offline repository but then again, you may choose not to install all packages therein. Then what is the point of downloading stuff you may not need. Download only additional stuff that you need directly from the package repo, when you need it. That brings us back to the liveCD approach. Regards, Moinak. -- ================================ http://www.belenix.org/ http://moinakg.wordpress.com/
