[CentOS-devel] DVD split media

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

On 06/26/2014 07:02 PM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 

Although you are right for people with fast internet, there are still
thousands of people in undeveloped countries that have pay-by-MB
internet, some even only dial-up lines.

So I suggest those CD ISO's to be built, no need to build them in
prime-time download frenzy, but they should exist, even if only on some
mirrors or in vault (small bandwidth users can not clog the server).



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Ljubomir Ljubojevic
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