[Mageia-discuss] How to solve this problem?

Frank Griffin ftg at roadrunner.com
Tue Nov 8 22:57:31 CET 2011


On 11/08/2011 04:33 PM, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> Frank Griffin skrev 8.11.2011 23:12:
>> On 11/08/2011 12:53 PM, Thomas Backlund wrote:
>>>
>>> NO.
>>> We wont bloat the boot.iso.
>>>
>> Uh, why ?  What possible downside does a larger boot.iso have ?
>
>
> Because it's designed to be as small as possible, only containing
> enough to get a network install going.

That's the whole point.  You *can't* get a network install going without 
a wired NIC.

>
> With all the stuff needed to do what you want, _thats_ what the
> dual iso is built for (or livecds for that matter).

I have no experience with the dual ISO, but are you saying that it will 
allow a network install via wireless, supporting all of the wireless 
NICs that an iinstalled system supports ?



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