I have a couple comments inside the forwarded message: On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 08:19:28AM +1000, Ruediger Landmann wrote: > We're going to need to keep an eye on this issue -- if the F13 live > image will no longer fit on a CD, we need to note it in the RN, plus > other docs too (readme-live-image, readme-burning-isos, > installation-quick-start-guide, at least) > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Live ISOs that don't fit on CDs > Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:33:10 -0500 > From: Christopher Beland <beland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: For testers of Fedora development releases > <test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > So in the process of triaging Bug 557958, I have found a user with an > interest in lobbying against the decision to allow Live ISOs that are > too large to burn to CD. (They can't boot off USB or DVD, and I think > is experiencing a bug with their network install.) > > I'm not questioning the decision, but as more people discover that > things are too big to burn onto CD, it would be helpful to have > someplace to point them. > > After poking around a bit in mailing list archives, I couldn't find any > official announcement, nor did I find the reference which I think which > was on this mailing list where I first learned about this myself. Does > anyone know which group made this decision, and if there's an official > reasoning? (Or for that matter if there's still a chance that it might > be reversed.) > AFAIK, it was only announced on the fedora-desktop list near the beginning of the development cycle. I could just not be remembering it being announced in other places but other people weren't able to find reference elsewhere either. > It might be helpful to update: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD > > with some explanation, for example: > > * The vast majority of users can boot off USB, if not DVD, and so are > not affected by the change. The larger size better serves the majority > by providing the software that most people need in a Live distribution. > * Non-Live installation methods are still available on CD, including > network install from a minimal image, or offline install from multiple > CDs. > * Users that can only boot off CD but still need a Live distribution can > use Revisor and published kickstart files to slim down the official > spins to include only the software they actually need. > I believe that only the Fedora Desktop Live media is now larger than a CD. The Fedora KDE spin, for instance, still fits on a CD for F-13. So getting a different spin from spins.fedoraproject.org is another thing to document (may be easier than making your own custom spin.) -Toshio
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