On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 11:30:07AM -0500, Eric Boutilier wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Peter Tribble wrote: > > > >... > >Having a CD as a constraint is also going to act as an encouragement > >to avoid bloat and keep things tight. I think it will impose discipline. > > Good point! > (+1 to the rest of what you wrote too, BTW.) > > >Is it worth thinking about other size points? For example, something like a > >512M or 1G memory stick? >
Debian netinst - 160M on an i386 - gives you an entire base system on one CD - boots to a command line from which you can then install every other Debian package. Debian businesscard - the same basis - but gives you less of a base and therefore more to download over the net. A MINIMAL install, followed by easy access to repositories is heaven sent: I may be wanting to install a VM or a headless server. Fitting a LiveCD on at the same time - pointless. Much better to do as Ubuntu have done. One LiveCD to try out but also a couple of installer types. > If you mean during the 1st phase, my take is that would > depend on the incremental cost of diverting cycles to it. I'm > guessing it would be small though...? > Just my 0.02 Andy > _______________ _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
