Re: small bootable CD-image, why not?
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Osamu Aoki wrote:
>
> I may have missed it but....
>
> I do understand bandwidth wasting of having CD images of full distribution
> for download. But I also realize bandwidth waste of "rsync" or "wgets"
> entire debian tree locally by cheap bustard hobbyist like me.
>
> Realistic offer for them is not to create base system floppies but small
> bootable cd image. It should be only 20-40MB. (I personally played it with
> limited success)
Some time ago, there was talk about a bootable ~100 MB image, for CDs, Zips,
LS120s, etc. Anyone know more about this?
>
> http://cdimage.debian.org/ tells me go buy CD. I do not think this is kind.
Well, if you want to have the CDs that are offered on cdimage.debian.org (and
they're all ~600 MB), buying them would be the best solution in your case. Of
course, this does not apply to something that is _not_ offered (yet) at
cdimage.d.o, like the mini-image you're proposing.
>
> Of course installation program needs to be modifies so default download
> sites are easily selectable and offers random one as first choice.
> Otherwise everyone use main site.
The installation program is developed by the "boot" team, at
debian-boot@lists.debian.org. Please post this interesting idea there.
Regards,
Anne Bezemer
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