Re: future of official optical media support in Fedora

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On miércoles, 7 de diciembre de 2016 1:56:32 PM CST Mike Pinkerton wrote:
> On 6 Dec 2016, at 09:43, Kamil Paral wrote:
> > Which images to cover, that's the heart of the discussion. If you
> > look into our test matrix again, we currently block on 6 of them:
> > * Workstation Live + netinst
> > * KDE Live
> > * Server DVD + netinst
> > * Everything netinst
> > 
> > What comes first to my mind is Server (DVD + netinst). My guess is
> > that people don't install Server from optical media, but rather
> > from PXE or USB. I can't imagine installing Server boxes from DVDs.
> > But I'd really like to hear from Server users how this is likely or
> > not. Also, Server is most probably not given away at events. I
> > don't know about sending Server DVDs to the developing world, we
> > can make an inquiry about that.
> 
> On 6 Dec 2016, at 12:20, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > So an alternative to kparal's scheme would be to try and consider
> > this,
> > and say we test:
> > 
> > * Workstation live
> > * Everything netinst
> > * Server DVD
> > 
> > and consider those to be representative of the broad 'types' of
> > ISOs in
> > terms of the compose process. That way we don't have to test
> > Workstation or Server netinsts, or the KDE live, on optical media.
> 
> On 7 Dec 2016, at 09:13, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > I think: Workstation x86_64 Live, and at least one netinstall image of
> > any flavor (from which, in a pinch, anything else can be installed via
> > kickstart).
> 
> I use the Server netinstall image.  Use cases include loop mounting
> the netinstall .iso on boxes with Grub2 -- works on remote boxes
> where there is no physical access and can be easier than setting up a
> remote PXE solution -- and burning a CD for local boxes without Grub2.
There is the pxe iso to use boot.fedoraproject.org that would probably better 
suit your purposes.

> I would be fine with dropping the Server DVD.
> 
> Does anyone maintain a up-to-date list of the content differences
> between the Server and Everything netinstall discs?  Is there any
> difference other than in default preferences?  Is there a way to do a
> single disc with a choice of "give me Server defaults" or "give me
> Everything defaults"?

The server netinst iso uses the server defaults, partitioning and filesystem 
selection. there is no way to do both with a single disk today. it would 
require who knows what work, I imagine the work is possible its just not an 
option today.  probably your best bet again is bfo[1]

Dennis

[1] https://boot.fedoraproject.org/

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