[Mageia-dev] dual iso content

Maarten Vanraes maarten.vanraes at gmail.com
Mon Apr 4 19:59:07 CEST 2011


Op maandag 04 april 2011 16:45:24 schreef Anne nicolas:
> 2011/4/4 Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com>:
> > 2011/4/4 Anne nicolas <ennael at mageia.org>:
> >> 2011/4/4 Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>:
> >>> On Mon, 4 Apr 2011 14:13:43 +0200
> >>> 
> >>> Anne nicolas <ennael at mageia.org> wrote:
> >>>> > This is from my own experience. Now, I can manage to learn how to
> >>>> > use nano or vi (I use emacs personally), but editing in text
> >>>> > console was such a pain when I started using Linux until I found
> >>>> > out about mcedit. So...
> >>>> > 
> >>>> > Couldn't it be possible to installed both mcedit (basic) and nano
> >>>> > (advanced) then? Its not like if they were heavy...
> >>>> 
> >>>> dual iso is not planned to target unexperienced users.... no
> >>>> proprietary drivers, very minimal interface... So even if I can
> >>>> understand your explanation it seems to be a bit off topic for this
> >>>> iso
> >>> 
> >>> Well, I'm a programmer myself and I can't get used to either vi or
> >>> emacs. So when I have to edit stuff in a console, I'm pretty much stuck
> >>> with nano or jpico.
> >>> (of course, once I have a graphic desktop running, I use Kate ;-))
> >> 
> >> okok looks like it's a good day :) nano is inside. Still 7 Mo available
> > 
> > Is there a rescue option already included? Not with all bells&whistles
> > but enough to do First Aid (booting a system, mounting partitions,
> > editing config files)?
> 
> yes as for all isos using traditional installer
> 
> > --
> > wobo

how about using the 8Mo left for sshd and passwd in rescue? (it should only 
take 2.5Mo according to (i think blino) about a year ago) (x2 for each arch)


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