João Miguel <jmcf125 <at> openmailbox.org> writes:
> > On the download pages I found this interesting choice for AMD64:: > > Boot Media Admin CD:: > > https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/ > > Anyone know what an .admin cd. is? Anyone tested it yet? > Hmm I hadn't seen it, but it seems pretty similar to the minimal > installation CD, except it has a different logo. In fact, it calls > itself a «minimal installation CD», boots in exactly the same way (boot > prompt, keymap choice, loading tons of modules, etc.) I was thinking it was a boodcd that analyzed your hardware/settings and throws one directly into a "chrooted environment". That would be very cool, if that is the goal:: repair/reconfigure of low level missteps... > So I'm guessing it has a few more things than the standard ISO, maybe > some things that were deemed unnecessary for the minimal install, but > that may be useful, I don't know, if you mess up your bootloader, or > maybe it has some statically compiled binaries that you can copy and use > on your main system if something is broken... But that's just a guess. Yes, or it could be a hybrid-customizable (catalyst/aufs/systemrescue) media project where you spin your own boot/recovery cd/iso sometime after an install is complete? Just a wishful guess.... cloning for cluster research and dev does come to mind (hopeful intentions here) for folks that need to spin up lots of gentoo images on real hardware. As my work progresses to 'bare metal' clusters on heterogeneous hardware (arm64 is next) VM's are not a viable option for my needs. > The easiest way to know the difference may be to mount the ISOs, the > SquashFSs inside, and compare the files... > If you want to try it, you can do: > $ qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1G -hda admincd.iso -enable-kvm > Thanks for the question. Now I'm curious too :-D > João Miguel Yep, inquiring minds just want to know. Maybe?::It's preparation for the upcoming "stage_4" installs? [1,2] There's quite an impressive list of devs @1 now part of Gentoo Release Engineering. I sure those folks will "put out" some amazing new install toys! Either way, an "admin cd" in the installation media collection for gentoo, does spark excitement and curiosities and possibilities, kno? James [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:RelEng [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:RelEng_GRS
