On Tuesday 06 Nov 2007, ಓಂ wrote: > Is there a way to make distribution CDs out of (from) the Linux > distribution DVD?
CDS->DVD script is available for openSUSE; not heard of the other way around. Given that price diffrential between CD/CDRW and CD/CDRW-DVDROM is not much, I would recommend to go with the latter. > If so, is it safe to use that method for creating CDs and doing > installation? Distro dependent, will require knowledge of essential packages that need to be in CD1 to do a minimal install and allow seamless update to other packages, esp. framework related like kde/gnome etc.). When an user wants to do it, all it's packages and dependencies should be on the same media or already installed in the system. Side note: network install is an option (using a friend's system with DVD); most distros support this option. Not sure if this will work; just a thought: one can also try copying the / hierarchy from a LiveCD to a hard disk partition. Install grub etc. and see if it works. Ubuntu, Freespire already support this mode. -- Arun Khan -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
