On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 23:24 -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote: > Naoki (naoki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said: > > DVDs are a pain, they are cumbersome and too small to fit a full OS > > ... then perhaps that the OS is so big is the problem. :) > > More seriously... > > > So would it not make sense to have an "everything" ISO for use on > > removable USB devices? > > *Shrug*. Wouldn't really make sense for it to be an ISO, from a > raw FS standpoint. You could have a torrent that just makes > a directory, even. ISOs are convenient from a distribution standpoint just to ensure that things were downloaded correctly[1]. I can see how spending some time to make the "install from a USB device" a little bit easier could definitely have advantages. At the same time, I don't think that the areas for which DVDs are a problem will be better off with large USB storage devices. Jeremy [1] Also, for ensuring that people don't delete things because "I don't need that" then leading to install problems. Not that such a thing ever happened with hd tree installs :-) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
