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Bug 13555 - Gentoo Install DVD
Summary: Gentoo Install DVD
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Daniel Robbins (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2003-01-09 04:17 UTC by Marcel Kunath
Modified: 2005-03-25 11:24 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Marcel Kunath 2003-01-09 04:17:48 UTC
I was just thinking even though 1.4 will be bigger and better people may
appreciate the choice of installing Gentoo from DVD. I know I would find this a
great option.

I got 1.000+ GB of source already accumulated on my network
(/usr/portage/distfiles/*). I'd have the interest of taking some base set of the
install code, combine this with the packages and jigdo a DVD install image. This
install recognizes the additional packages I have contributed to the image
making a full blown Gentoo Linux install possible right from the get go without
network connectivity.

And since it is jigdo one could easily update the DVD image over time and always
have an up-to-date Gentoo Install DVD with the latest dependencies and packages.
Maybe the jigdo would somehow be interconnected/dependent with the latest emerge
rsync table one uses. 

Just an idea....

Marcel
Comment 1 Bob Johnson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-04-20 10:26:28 UTC
suggestions noted
Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-03-25 11:24:28 UTC
Moving these so we can remove the "Install CD" component from "Gentoo Linux".

I apologize to everyone for this spam, but according to the bugzilla developers,
this is the only reasonable way to do this.