On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 17:31 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote: > On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:19:38 +0200 > "Michał Bentkowski" <mr.ecik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > So my question is: why x86_64 and ppc live CDs are greater than CDs? > > How can users burn them? Are we doing anything to make these images > > smaller? > > Because they aren't Live "CDs" nor are they advertised as such. > They're Live Images, to be used on whatever medium will hold them, such > as USB Keys, virtualization, DVDs, etc.. > > Due to ppc and x86_64 being multilib, they have not only larger > binaries but also compatible arch content and thus they are larger. > Fitting onto a CD is a continuously losing game. You only ever > decrease functionality when trying to fit. The i386 images (which will > work on x86_64 hardware) will fit on a CD. Have we considered not enabling multilib content on the LiveCD? (presumably, if someone really wanted it, they could get it in the post install process) ~spot -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
