[Fedora-livecd-list] auto-biarch (x86_64 + i686) LiveDVD patch + ISO

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:22:07 -0400,
  Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> wrote:
> Jeroen van Meeuwen (kanarip at kanarip.com) said: 
> > So yeah, the problem we get with i386/x86_64 hybrids is more that we  
> > would reduce the available size to either of the Live images to half a  
> > CD or half a DVD. Some of our spins fit on half a DVD, but not half a  
> > CD. If some spins have separate media for each arch, and others do not,  
> > then that may work confusing.
> >
> > That said though, I don't think we've had this kinda thing discussed or  
> > decided upon... so it's a good point ;-)
> 
> I think it's safe to assume that attempting to fit any 'real' biarch
> spin on CD would be a futile exercise. DVD shouldn't be an issue for
> the non-Games live spins yet, should it?

A biarch rescue image would be useful. For some kinds of recoveries you need
to use a rescue image matching the arch of the system you are trying to fix.
I got bit by this during the F11 devel cycle.