On 12-09-13 05:25 AM, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 07:39:14AM +0800, Mikael Ström wrote: >> I think dropping the alternate CD would be a serious mistake. There >> are many of us who depends on installing via this CD for various >> reasons, like boot issues, Video card problems, CLI only installs >> etc. > > Are you aware that it's possible to use the netboot mini.iso for largely > the same use cases (it does help to have a local mirror if you're doing > lots of installs, but if you're just doing one then the cost of > downloading the image vs. doing the netboot install is basically > equivalent)? > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/ >
The netboot iso needs wireless device firmware to make it usable by all users. There are now laptops being sold without an ethernet connector. -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
