trilinux

["E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <tgakem@sg10.chem.tue.nl>]

> 
> > How long would it have taken an experienced Linux user to do a quick
> > install of three different distributions just to make sure something
> > major wasn't missing? Maybe a day at most?
> 
> W install  all three distributions on our TRI-LINUX cd  on two different
> boxes ... 
> one that is all IDE and one that has a NCR SCSI and a AHA 1542. It takes 
> about 3 hours when two of us are working on it. We then create a gold,
> verify 
> it bit for bit, and  test the install one more time.  Before we ship a
> "silver" 
> CD we do a bit for bit test again and usually install one of the three
> distributions.
> 
> The Debian 1.3 install is much improved from previous versions.  It
> autodetected the
> subdirectory where I put the startup stuff and required only a single boot 
> floppy.  A far cry from the 6 floppies needed in previous versions. I think
> the quality and ease of the basic installation is now second to none.  

That's great news!

I have a question about this tri-linux CD:
How on earth do you fit three distributions on one CD?  The official
debian CD release will now be 2 CD's.  Does leaving out the source
distribution really makes such a difference?

Eric Meijer

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