[devel] [christht@: Re: mini iso anyone?]

["Konstantin A. Lepikhov" <lakostis@altlinux.ru>]

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Hi!

Вот так вот - они уже делают, а у нас все думают, как бы это все сделать
:)

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Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:28:24 +0200
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(Jul 01 2005 13:08) Matthias Subik wrote:
> so there is the other question about the build environment, is that  
> now closed, or would it be possible to get it as the cloud-devel  
> package was in the past?

If you open up the installer initrd, you'll find the installer and
discover that the license is changed to GPL.

So far good news.

The bad news is that the isobuild stuff is spread over several machines
now, and is fully automated, so there will be no 1 rpm for this
available for common usage.

However, the minimalistic parts of the isobuild stuff that is only
relating to 3.0 is part of the viper source code, so that's also covered
by the GPL. We are figuring out how to best make the viper source easier
accessible, but we have not yet come to a conclusion on that.

> not that I would have a particular use for it right out of the box,  
> but it would be nice to know how everything is done, maybe another  
> idea comes out of my mind when I see it.

Sure. As I said, the installer is on the initrd, and since it's pure
python it's totally open for anyone to read.


c


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(Jul 01 2005 11:22) Matthias Subik wrote:
> 
> So proposal:
> building a mini iso, which could contain the minimal install.
> if the build environment is still free, I could setup a cron to do  
> that, but it would be great not to reinvent the wheel, and using the  
> same environment that builds the normal iso.
> 

I have just created the first try at the mini cd. It will be part of the
next sync. 

It is about 112 MB and will fit nicely on a mini-cd (180). It includes
the base install (Not even openssh included), and is tested to work
without customizing the package selection (5-step install). 

I will later enhance it to support installing the whole system with the
help of networked mirrors. This, however, does not yet work, although
trying it will probably not break anything but end up with the same
system as a default install.

On monday I will also look into creating a Credit Card Size install CD 
for network installs only. I expect that one to be less than 30MB.

As with the main ISO, both the smaller ISOs can be used as base for
PXE-installs, so anyone depending on PXE stuff might possibly save some
time by downloading the smaller ones.



Hope this gives you what you want.



c

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