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

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

On 06/23/2009 06:14 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> 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.
>

This would actually fit on a CD, too. I'm interested in exploring this.

Would this most suitably fit within the Fedora Project as a spin, or 
maybe something else (a Fedora 12 Feature??)?

-Jeroen