[CentOS-devel] Old issue with Minimal ISO

[Leam Hall]

If you build multiple ISO images that can be used to build from, and one 
of the images can't be used to build, it seems like a problem.

There are three basic ISO images, the DVD, the Net Install, and the 
Minimal. If someone doesn't have a cheap internet connection and new 
enough hardware to support a DVD, they are stuck. That's where the 
Minimal ISO comes in. It's also fantastic for those who like a trim 
system build without all the kruft.

What I don't get is that fixing this bug just seems to be adding a 
couple known lines to the .treeinfo file. What makes it so problematic?

Leam


On 07/30/15 11:55, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 30/07/15 14:00, Leam Hall wrote:
>> The minimal install is a great tool for doing simple builds for base
>> machines. The regular DVD puts in a lot of cruft and a Kickstart build
>> assumes you have a kickstart infrastructure.
>
> Simple builds for base machines is exactly what the minimal iso is meant
> to target, we dont intend to fork the entire distro into a minimal set
> and haveto support it like that,
>
>> It really seems a matter of "do it right or don't do it at all." If you
>> have a minimal install ISO, please have it meet the same expectations
>> the other images meet.
>
> I am not sure what you mean by that ? We do set expectations for the
> minimal iso and your use case isnt one of them.
>
> - KB
>
>
>>
>> Leam
>>
>>
>> On 07/30/15 08:47, Karanbir Singh wrote:
>>> On 27/07/15 14:17, leam hall wrote:
>>>> Sorry if I'm on the wrong list. I got bit by Bug 5589
>>>> (https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=5589). It's a couple years old and
>>>> looks to be a simple fix. Anything I can do to help?
>>>
>>> When we setup the minimal iso - I believe this was a decision taken by
>>> design, to not have this media be a replacement for the regular distro
>>> install media. Mostly since kickstart and option based installs will
>>> largely differ in terms of what works and does not work properly ( and
>>> we dont test the minimal iso for use in this case ).
>>>
>>> If you need to use the media in a loopback format, use the DVD media
>>> instead.
>>>
>>> For what the bug report says, a better way to run the install is to use
>>> the iso as an iso and just attach an empty disk to the same vm, power it
>>> up and you get the minimal install working just fine.
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