[ros-dev] Software distribution

[Bernd Blaauw]

Ge van Geldorp schreef:
> combination of live CD and installable CD, on startup it would ask you to
> select either "Live" or "Install". The "Install" choice would then lead you
> to a fully graphical installer (replacing the blue-screen first stage
> USETUP). This FullBootLiveCD (we'll need to think about a better name...)
> would also include some open source packages, ready to install using the
> package manager.
>   
Why not boot into the LiveCD, then start installation process from there.
After all, memory footprint consists of (estimated):
1) ReactOS basic system (16MB or so?)
2) LiveCD GUI (explorer.exe) (4MB or so?)
3) Usetup (4MB or so?)

Install CD: uses [1] and [3], total 20MB
LiveCD: uses [1] and [2], total 20MB.

I don't see any reason not to combine these 2, except if 4MB matter:
LiveCD (20MB) + Usetup program (4MB) running from the LiveCD desktop 
environment --> total of 24MB
> Thoughts, anyone? And please skip the "you should definitely include
> such-and-such package on the CD" for now.
>   
If directory name requirements don't conflict, you can already put both 
the LiveCD and Install CD together on a single CD/DVD by using Isolinux.
Currently both CDs use the directory named "REACTOS" for their files, no 
ideas how flexible ReactOS system files are.

Just a user opinion,
> Gé van Geldorp.
>   
Bernd Blaauw

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