Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:47:02 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r223129 - head/release Message-ID: <20110618164702.GA82496@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20110617231757.GA40286@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <201106152338.p5FNcFlN003175@svn.freebsd.org> <20110617231757.GA40286@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 09:17:57AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2011-Jun-15 23:38:15 +0000, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@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. ./danfe
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