[CentOS-devel] DVD split media

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On 06/26/2014 01:02 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> Hi
>
> As in CentOS-6, I think we should skip the CD isos; there is little
> point in that ( but we should do the minimal ISO, lets keep conversation
> about that on its own thread ).
I support that. CDs should be phased out, at least as main distribution 
media. IF there is demand for that, maybe create them and distribute via 
torrent. But I would not clobber the mirrors with CD-sized ISO images 
for the main distro


> The main distro is just a hint over 6.6GB, that means we cant really put
> all the stuff into a single DVD[1]; so we need to do the splits. In the
> past, we've done multiple installs making sure that all the installable
> components from the installer's groups, in english atleast, are all on
> DVD#1 and the rest can goto DVD#2. I suspect that strategy will work
> here as well, and does someone want to give it a shot and come up with a
> list of rpms that are installable via the installer.
>
[...]
> [1]: maybe we should do a single large 6.6GB ISO as well, and have it
> available only on torrents, for people who might want or have access to
> that large format media, or people who just want a copy of the primary
> repo without using rsync. Thoughts ?
+1 for distributing a single large ISO. A lot of people install from USB 
sticks and 8GBs ones have become more like a norm than a rarity 
nowadays. And a 4.7GB iso would not fit on a 4GB stick anyway so a 8GB 
one would be needed. Which means that the effort for whoever wants to 
install from a stick would not be "much" ( for a lax definition of much 
:)  ) higher to download a 6.6 GB image instead of  a 4.7GB one. I for 
one would grab the larger one. ... I still have the CentOS 5.7 iso on my 
phone's SD Card and install from it from time to time.