On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:09:30PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Wouter wrote: > > > >The last time I used the full stack of CDs where there was no decent > >alternative option was when I was helping a customer prepare a set of > >installation instructions for a code escrow situation. > > > >Since one of the requirements there was the ability to produce a 100% > >bit-for-bit equal system, anything that used "download the current > >version from the Internet" was out -- we had to provide actual media > >(CDs, at the time). > >
_VERY_ occasionally these days, I've tried to install Debian on an isolated system - DVDs normally - BluRay dd'ed to a USB stick would be more useful if a computer can boot from USB. > >That was over five years ago, though. Today, I doubt I'd still try to > >use CDs, probably at least DVDs instead. > > Yup, that's what I'm thinking too. > > >Having said that, I do think that providing a limited number of CD > >install images is useful for those cases of retrocomputing where > >installing off DVD is difficult. Other than that... > x86 32 bit / AMD64 netinst as one CD (like the multiarch DVD) Mac / ARMHF as another "CD" would be useful. > So... In that situation, would you care about having more than just a > netinst available for initial booting? Beyond that, people can get on > the network to a mirror, or to other machines hosting the DVD images. > It's a bit of a nuisance if you need non-free firmware for e.g. WiFi / server network cards (curse you Intel and Broadcom ...) Apropos that, the UEFI booting netinst appears not to be able to add in firmware read from a USB stick - but I could be being very stupid here ... :) > I'm thinking we can cut down some more here. Maybe (as Steven > suggested) we could keep a single bigger CD image around, but I'm not > 100% convinced that it's likely to give us enough beyond the netinst > to make me care about it. What else would we want/need on a CD to make > it compelling here? Hope this helps, AndyC > > -- > Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com > Support the Campaign for Audiovisual Free Expression: http://www.eff.org/cafe/ > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131030222810.ga4...@galactic.demon.co.uk
