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

[Anton Farygin <rider@altlinux.com>]

В письме Thu, 07 Jul 2005 22:23:02 +0400, Konstantin A. Lepikhov
написал:

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

А у нас уже сделано ;-)

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> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:28:24 +0200
> From: Christian Haugan Toldnes <christht@>
> To: Matthias Subik <matthias@subik.at>
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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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> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 19:20:17 +0200
> From: Christian Haugan Toldnes <christht@>
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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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