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Re: Making install CDs contain the full sets



On Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 09:59:25AM -0500, J. Lewis Muir wrote:
> Not obvious tricks, but other ideas:
> 
> * See if there's a compile option that could be changed to make the
>   sparc64 binaries and libraries smaller?

Well, there are, but the point is to just reuse all of base.tgz (and we
want those prefer speed over size for the installed case)

> * Support a multiple-CD install where the installer would prompt the
>   user to insert subsequent CDs to continue the install?

That is ... ugly.
Note that the current install works well and has lots of room on the CDs,
just the makefiles generating the CD images are clumsy.


Martin


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