[Mageia-dev] Alpha2 iso content

Maarten Vanraes maarten.vanraes at gmail.com
Fri Mar 4 22:20:20 CET 2011


Op vrijdag 04 maart 2011 22:17:10 schreef Anne nicolas:
> 2011/3/4 Maarten Vanraes <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com>:
> > Op vrijdag 04 maart 2011 20:19:01 schreef Anne nicolas:
> >> 2011/3/4 Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com>:
> >> > 2011/3/4 Maarten Vanraes <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com>:
> >> >> installation via non-local FTP takes a very long time to do... a lot
> >> >> longer then iso install or installing from local rsync
> >> > 
> >> > Well, this has been a discussion at all times as it depends on what
> >> > you want to install. If you want to install a small system you may be
> >> > better off with an ftp installation than downloading a large ISO from
> >> > the same server as you use for installation. So, as I said, I'd like
> >> > to have both for choice.
> >> > 
> >> > tmb wrote:
> >> >> The minimal boot.iso is already available
> >> > 
> >> > Yes, I know and I already tested it :)
> >> 
> >> Also as stated already we will have dual arch iso which is 32 / 64
> >> bits iso (700Mo)
> > 
> > I'm aware of that, i was just talking about the alpha2, if it'd be
> > smaller, it'd be faster to be tested on, that is all.
> 
> I will not make isos specifically for alpha... The sooner we test full
> list of packages the better it is. If you need smaller iso then use
> boot.iso or dual

ok, i did say if it was too much trouble we shouldn't do it.


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