On Jun 18, 2011, at 4:47 PM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 09:17:57AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
>> On 2011-Jun-15 23:38:15 +0000, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhiteh...@freebsd.org>
>> wrote:
>>> Log:
>>> Do not install the rescue tools onto the install CD. Since it is read
>>> only, they are very unlikely to be needed and take up a great deal of
>>> space.
>>
>> If I've correctly understood this change, I'm not sure this is a
>> positive move.
>>
>> Based on a quick test, removing /rescue saves about 4MB (in reality,
>> the saving should be less because /rescue removes the need for
>> /stand). OTOH, it renders the install CD useless as a recovery
>> "fixit" disk - whilst the CD is unlikely to need recovery itself, it
>> was useful for recovering hard disks
>
> I think we would be far better off with an image which would provide a
> release (without packages) + full fixit functionality. Existing set of
> images is quite suboptimal: install image cannot be used as fixit disc,
> fixit disc cannot be used for installation. People who want packages will
> probably just burn DVD image; CD users more likely to go with ports. Having
> single installation image with everything but packages included is a clear
> winner for CD format.
has anyone of you tried on of the latest snapshots and knows how things
look these days?
/bz
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