On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 13:38:44 -0700,
  Jasper Hartline <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> This is not acceptable for users. In a specific case like just me
> scenario, I surely can copy
> everything from the DVD to disk, and then put syslinux there and it's deps and
> run createrepo, this is too much for the general population though.

I was suggesting only using syslinux in the local repo. The DVD repo would
also get used, so you wouldn't need to copy it over as well. Either way you
need to edit the repo definitions in the ks file, so I don;'t think adding
(or modifying) two instead of one is that big of a deal.

> Also the DVD is read-only, I can't just mount the DVD and run create repo on 
> it.
> I am not personally looking for a workaround to the issue, it is for
> the benefit of
> users who don't know that createrepo even exists but do know what a
> kickstart file is
> and a repository source is in the form of a URL.

It's been a while since we had this discussion. Did you ever request that
Desktop add this to the install DVD? I wouldn't expect it to be an issue
there.

> I am pretty sure Mads is talking about the user created livecd, not
> the official spins.
> Have you actually talked to Kevin and asked him about the current size
> of the LiveCD
> and if doing what Mads is suggesting would be a benefit?

There have been some discussions about desktop's livecd image being oversize.
So far the result has been to wait until syslinux is fixed to not require
perl. If it looks like that won't happen for F14 (I am not sure what the
status is), then we may want to try something else.
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