Re: Gentoo installer vs current installation method, what about later?

On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 15:41 -0400, Michael Crute wrote:
> Why not replace the minimal livecd too? Just add an option to do
> graphical or "expert" install when you boot the livecd. That would
> help you guys not have to generate so many CD images plus you get the
> best of both worlds. Pretty much the only thing you would do is dump
> people into a terminal instead of starting X for an expert install,
> all the tools would still be there. Anyhow... just my $0.02

The graphical install is started manually, anyway.  You can also boot
the CD with "nox" to get to a terminal.  The reason for the minimal CD
is simple, size.  If you don't plan on doing anything but a stage1
installation, a minimal CD + stage1 tarball is a lot less to download
than a 700MB ISO image.  Basically, you've suggested a capability the CD
can already do.  ;]

-- 
Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
x86 Architecture Team
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux

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