· Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:00:20 +0100, Michael Schmarck wrote: > >> > It is a lot more comfortable for the first-time installer. >> >> Why's that? > > Because a first-time installer benefits from the confidence given by > using an official install disc.
I don't understand that. What confidence? To install Gentoo, you need a way to partition your storage, create filesystems and chroot. That can easily be done by any live CD. > >> > It also allows you to install without a network >> > connection if you have a single CD containing the handbook, tools, >> > portage snapshot and stage files. >> >> How do you get that stuff (the Install CD)? By downloading? Why >> can't you download the handbook, snapshot and stage tar ball as >> well at that time? And what "tools" are you talking about? fdisk? >> chroot? > > Everything needed can be obtained by downloading one ISO image and > burning it to CD. Well. > There's no need for extra trips back the the netted > computer to fetch things you discover you need after reading the > handbook, or partway through the install. The same argument can be held against the install CD as well. >> I disagree. Maybe it's a bonus if it's offered, but then it "always" >> has to be up-to-date. And that, obviously, cannot be done right now. >> So I'd rather say, that it would be better, if there were no install >> CD at all. > > But it can be done. It's not worth the effort, though, as far as I'm concerned. Michael Schmarck -- "But what we need to know is, do people want nasally-insertable computers?" -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
