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Stop making XFCE single CD images
Re: Stop making XFCE single CD images
It's not my preference, it's just the way it is. I don't know of anything I can do about it. Software, like gas, expands to fill its container. The genie cannot be put back into the bottle. No modern OS going forward is going to fit on a CD, that's a fact and it won't change. To use a CD to boot, one must use older software. If I knew how to change that I would, but I cannot.
Take my advice, I'm not using it.
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Re: Stop making XFCE single CD images
does not imply thatsgosnell wrote: No modern OS going forward is going to fit on a CD
You can still boot an current Debian installer with the netinst CD image.sgosnell wrote: To use a CD to boot, one must use older software
Re: Stop making XFCE single CD images
Yep, I can confirm that, upgraded to Buster from net install CD.p.H wrote: You can still boot an current Debian installer with the netinst CD image.
I think all my computers now would support usb-boot, but it is just a convention to me to write to optical disk what it includes.
Many times I have lost or mixed usb sticks
Re: Stop making XFCE single CD images
Yes, the netinstall image is less than half a gigabyte. But it requires an internet connection to do the installation. Without an internet connection it's useless. I was under the impression that we were discussing OS images that can make a standalone installation.
Take my advice, I'm not using it.
Re: Stop making XFCE single CD images
Yes, the netinstall image is less than half a gigabyte. But it requires an internet connection to do the installation. Without an internet connection it's useless. I was under the impression that we were discussing OS images that can make a standalone installation.
Take my advice, I'm not using it.
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Re: Stop making XFCE single CD images
The "extended" version of the Alpine Linux ISO image contains a full system and it weighs in at 501MiB. The CD image for the amd64 version of OpenBSD contains all of the sets (including X) and is 511MiB.
The 9front ISO is 238MiB but that's gzipped, it unpacks to a mahoosive 523MiB. It is also a full system.
The 9front ISO is 238MiB but that's gzipped, it unpacks to a mahoosive 523MiB. It is also a full system.
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