On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 06:20:16PM -0400, Stéphane Graber wrote: > That being said, we could certainly try to get these people to install > using the server media, then getting ltsp post-install. This will still > require them to download a substantial amount of packages and my > experience is that setting this all up by hand properly is scaring a lot > of people.
> I'd certainly expect most large scale deployments of LTSP to stick on > 12.04 LTS, so I can't provide any number on how big a user base we're > talking about, but I'm sure we'll be getting quite a few questions and > complaints should we drop the alternate media without a viable > alternative for these users. > I don't think this use case alone is enough to keep the alternate > images, but it's surely something to keep in mind and make sure is > clearly communicated to the users, telling them that this is a temporary > situation and will all be resolved in 13.04. On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 06:41:52PM -0400, Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Aug 27, 2012, at 02:50 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > >Please note one implication here that, with the possibility of not having > >i386 server CDs for 12.10, the only install option for an i386 user wanting > >RAID on a desktop would be to install via netboot or with the mini ISO. > I would just say that, at least the last time I tried to do a netboot, it > wasn't easy. The documentation was difficult to find, somewhat out of date, > and didn't describe exactly what and where to download the necessary bits and > pieces. > It's been a little while so I don't remember the details, but maybe part of > the task of dropping the alt CDs should include reviewing the available > documentation for netboot and mini ISO for up-to-dated-ness. Thanks for the feedback. I've opened a release notes bug to track this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1042999 Any help in fleshing it out with specifics is welcome. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [email protected] [email protected]
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