Desktop Live DVD: diff

[David Zeuthen]

On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 15:37 -0500, Seth Vidal wrote:
> > Also: Remember the days before live CDs? Back then, about 3+ years ago,
> > we didn't have any problems asking people to download a whopping six
> > CDs.
> >
> 
> Well, to be fair we didn't tell them download 6 cds. We told them, if they 
> were bandwidth-restricted to download the boot.iso and boot and install 
> via the net talking to a local mirror.

Right, that's true. I remember doing that a lot. IIRC, if choosing a
minimal install the first two CDs would suffice (if the stars were
properly aligned I think - ISTR that it broke at one point).

Anyway, people can still do that, right? (honest question, not trolling.
I don't really know; these days I never use anything but the Live CD to
install.)

Thanks,
David