On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 22:41 +0000, paul_c wrote: > Minor correction - The Morphix base produced the BDI-live and laid the > foundations for later work
Oh Yes. I think I was foreshortening a step or three there. > How long does it take to download compilers, > libraries, and assorted tools at 3K ? A long time. I set up a 7.04 I think a while back and it took days to get all the stuff I wanted. Even Tcl/Tk is an option. > The LiveCD provides a good way to present an application for demonstration, > but when it comes to a vehicle for installing, it lacks flexability. The poor > user also ends up with any number of hacks and/or redundant cruft.. Just some > of the reasons why I moved away from the LiveCD concept as an installation > medium several years ago. Certainly one good choice. As tools like reconstruct come of age they will allow us to produce a variety of installs to meet many needs. Thanks for the chance to remember long ago. Rayh ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
