On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 09:17:19AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: >On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 01:16 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 08:49:36AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: >> >On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 22:46 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >> the multi-arch DVD. >> > >> >Another random thought, would we be better off enabling the xen variant >> >on the m-a DVD rather than CD? >> >> Adding this stuff onto the DVD sounds like a plan, whether we remove >> it from the netinst or not. I hadn't noticed it wasn't there yet, in >> fact. :-) > >I think this is sufficient to enable it: > >diff --git a/cronjob.weekly b/cronjob.weekly >index 127cfad..16980d0 100755 >--- a/cronjob.weekly >+++ b/cronjob.weekly >@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ if lockfile -r0 $TOPDIR/.debian-cd.lock ; then > INSTALLER_CD=6 TASK=Debian-all \ > KERNEL_PARAMS='desktop=all' \ > MAXCDS=1 MAXISOS=ALL MAXJIGDOS=ALL \ >+ VARIANTS=xen \ > ./testingcds "i386 amd64 source" > # We don't do multi in parallel, only one build type > # to do!
Yup, I've just turned that on now. >> But I don't know what xen folks are typically going to be >> looking for - something small like the netinst, or something more >> complete like the DVD? > >When I initially implemented support for d-i under Xen I had hoped that >fully network based install (i.e. not ISO) would be sufficient. This >actually works quite nicely under Xen since you don't need PXE and stuff >TFTP etc, you just wget the kernel and initrd in domain 0 and boot with >them. Cool. >However there were people (possibly just a vocal minority) who wanted to >install from ISO, possibly because the Xen hosts were firewalled or >something. > >I always considered that for these use cases any ISO which could boot >and do the basic install thing, with the usual option to add other ISO >images or use a network mirror to get further packages would be >sufficient. From that point of view smaller images would be better but >since you only need to download once for each set of hosts I don't think >a DVD sized image would be a particular issue and is certainly better >than nothing. Right. Well, let's see if we can get both the CD and the DVD working for you. I can understand people wanting the smaller image too if we can manage it... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "It's actually quite entertaining to watch ag129 prop his foot up on the desk so he can get a better aim." [ seen in ucam.chat ] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-cd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100708142614.gh6...@einval.com
