On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 08:33:09AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 08:05:08AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > On Sunday 14 May 2006 11:44, Geert Stappers wrote: > > > Keep the current d-i images as they exist > > > and add extra images for g-i. > > > > That would lead to an explosion of the number of images though which is > > not what we or the debian-cd team wants.
We all want [1] a graphical installer in addition to the current installer. That means there are additional images. The increase in numbers is less then the double[2] of the current amount. > I don't know about the i386 situationin detail, but it is probable that there, > machines with low-mem situations will need the normal installer over the g-i > one. I know i was not able to boot g-i on my PReP box for example, and given > yaboot 6MB netbooting limit ... Fool^WFull switch to g-i will kill serial line and ssh installs. Cheers Geert Stappers [1] Some want g-i more than others want it [2] e.g. lowmem-gui wouldn't make sense, surely not an "explosion" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
