Since Squashfs 3.1 had been released, it now supports specifying "the filename or the directory within the Squashfs filesystem that is to be extracted, rather than always extracting the entire filesystem."[1] This allows the LiveCD to function in different ways rather than loading the entire desktop onto the memory. For example, make the LiveCD to load only the necessary files to run the Desktop, but only of limited applications. This may help breaking the minimum memory requirements of the LiveCD which is really big. Another approach is to create a RHGB/Firstboot like application that would only be used for installing the LiveCD onto the system, that works like the alternative install CD, but on X.
Would this be a great idea to be included in SoC 2007? Any Comments? [1] - squashfs-3.1r2 CHANGES and README -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
