Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Friday 11 January 2008, Galevsky wrote: > >> You can say that devs have no time to make it, but please, don't tell >> that Gentoo doesn't need any installCD (outdated means no CD at all >> for many computers nowaday). >> > > Please tell me where I said any such thing. > > I'll give you a clue - I didn't. I asked you why you think the install > CD needs updated. > > Apparently your answer to that is that you have a ICH9 machine. That's > fine, it's reasonable to need that supported on the BootCD. Was it > really necessary to take out your frustrations/whatever with the > installer on me on a public mailing list? Hmmm? > >
Isn't it true that not everything can be supported anyway? The CD can hold only so much data before it runs out of space. I suspect that some older hardware is not included to make room for more recent hardware. Also, at the rate things comes out, a new CD would have to be made every few months to keep up. From what I have read on -dev, it is harder to make the CD than some realize. They have a lot to consider on what to include and what to leave out. To clarify, I am talking about the CD that includes distfiles and a snapshot. The minimal CD and DVD is a separate matter. Dale :-) :-) :-)
