On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 03:57:01PM +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: >On Wed, 2011-02-23 at 14:43 +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: > >> For now, I've added code to debian-cd to allow for configuration to >> specify use of a specified disk type (i.e. size), but then to >> over-ride the size for *all* the images (as I did for the KDE CDs for >> squeeze), and/or a single specific image number. > >Does this mean a random user (maybe not so random but...) can easily use >debian-cd to cook his own unofficial disk saying “I have an usb thumb >drive which is 3.141G and would like to put as much packages as I can on >it”?
Well, ish. At the moment I've defined a set of sizes for 1/2/4/8 GB USB drives which will make it easy. Custom sizes are possible too if people want to do that, but will need a little more config. >> Then I'm going to make DVD#1 limit to 4GB for amd64, i386 and the >> amd64/i386 m-a DVD. Then it'll fit on a 4GB stick too, and I think >> that's useful. The rest of the set will still fill up to the normal >> 4.7GB DVD size, as there's no point to keeping to that limit on later >> discs. Other arches and source DVDs will also not be affected - >> there's also no point messing with them AFAICS. Please correct me if >> you think I'm wrong here! > >Yeah, no use for the rest of the set. 4G is nice, will the removed 700M >contain useful stuff which will miss to our users? We'll find out. :-) I've grepped out (roughly!) the list of packages that will have now moved from DVD#1 to DVD#2 for both i386 and amd64 (wheezy). See each file at http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/tmp/ if you're interested. >(Agreed that it might not make sense for other arches than amd64 and >i386). Exactly - if somebody tells me that another arch can boot directly from a USB stick that contains an ISO/(hybrid) setup, then we can add the same option later. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "This dress doesn't reverse." -- Alden Spiess -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110223155501.gl5...@einval.com
