On 03/05/2010 05:04 PM, Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote:

On 03.03.2010 00:49, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:

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* Merge pending changes to archiso from me repo [#1] @ archiso2dual tool @ copytoram= option again :) @ misc changes

* Make an updated AIF package with latest fixes.

* TAG archiso.git with "2010.03-1"

* Update the very^N old archiso package in [extra] to "2010.03-1"

* Release archiso (2010.03) with the current [core] @ With current Linux 2.6.32.9. (for now) @ With future Linux 2.6.33 (if moved)

* Take a decision about what isos should be available for download: @ core-dual + netinstall-dual @ core-dual + netinstall-i686($) + netinstall-x86_64($) % ($) advantage : fit on 200MB mini-cd :) @ all isos or some other combination. @@ These are the sizes: (*-dual.iso are generated by archiso2dual -T full) % 652M core-dual | 363M core-i686 | 385M core-x86_64 % 220M net-dual | 153M net-i686 | 163M net-x86_64

* Update wiki articles about installation and archiso.

All comments are welcomed. Good luck!

[#1] http://github.com/djgera/archiso/tree/djgera

I say go for core-dual + netinstall-dual. It makes most sense to me and would be awesome for what I usually use it for (jumpstart some old computers that could do i686 at best but also install x86_64 on my machines). We would be able to cut the netinstall-dual under 200M with kernel 2.6.34 as we'll get squashfs lzma support.

G r e a t ! I had not heard about this inclusion :)

I'd also like to say that somehow I'm not comfortable with your archiso2dual script. It is a whole mkarchiso script which violates my mind model of Don't-Repeat-Yourself. Yes. Well my first intent was modifiying mkarchiso/Makefile, but really was a bit complicated. Imagine this, you need two (or at least one) chroot, under your x86_64 machine. But suppose the case of doing the same, two chroots:

- In the Makefile need to create a 64 bit chroot enter to it, configure (for example mirrors) and execute some commands (just before make the iso), and exit from it. - This should be done other time for 32 bit, and entering with linux32 wrapper. - Finally we have to merge the two worlds, and is not flexible. Additionally you can add the feature of split-out /usr/share (common for both arches) and /lib/modules (needed when boot x86_64 kernel in i686 userspace) When I had to do all that, among other complications, which I found on the road, had an abortion. So I decided to make things very simple allowing a degree of flexibility.

Any chance this could just be a shell script called by the Makefile? That way, it would be config specific (as it should) instead of being available system wide.

Patches welcomed :) FS#10753 is still open for new ideas. This is just one :) I few days I can't continue with helping in community. :(

Good work with the TODO and the ISOs :).

Thanks, and thanks for the feedback. -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi ( djgera ) http://www.djgera.com.ar KeyID: 0x1B8C330D Key fingerprint = 0CAA D5D4 CD85 4434 A219 76ED 39AB 221B 1B8C 330D