[arch-ports] dual-iso

[Erich Eckner]

Hi,

ok, so I think, the i686-only version is the way to go. I uploaded a
first test to mirror.archlinux32.org/archisos/

If you find any bugs, just let me know (frankly, I didn't test these
isos, because I dont have time right now).

Because, I personally like to have one rescue thumb drive for both i686
and x86_64, I try to keep the dual-bootable iso up to date, too. But if
it needs to much time, I might drop that.

Cheers,
Erich

On 25.03.2017 15:24, Tomislav Butkovic wrote:
> There are people who havent purchased x86_64 systems yet, so i686 only iso
> that fits on cd is appealing. If we wanted x86_64 iso we could just go to
> archlinux.org, right?
> 
> Ive been running arch on an acer O751h since 2013. The wiki documentation
> has always been a crucial part to learning the distro. I hope that
> continues w the port.
> 
> Tom
> 
> Le samedi 25 mars 2017, Alex Theotokatos <alex.theoto at gmail.com> a écrit :
>> On 03/25/2017 12:36 PM, Erich Eckner wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi i686-fans,
>>>
>>> to not loose any potential new i686-users, I moved on by forking archiso
>>> and generating a current dual-bootable iso. Currently it resides at
>>> https://eckner.net/archlinux-2017.03.25-dual.iso, but maybe somewhen in
>>> the future we can move it to some more official place ;-)
>>> The source of archiso32 resides at github:
> github.com/archlinux32/archiso32.
>>>
>>> I stumbled upon one question:
>>> Is it desirable to have the iso dual bootable (i686 and x86_64) or do we
>>> want a solely i686-iso?
>>> The benefit of a i686-only-iso would be, that it'd fit on a cd. The
>>> benefit of a dual-bootable one would be, that we could use archiso32 as
>>> it is right now and that you can boot any machine (32 or 64 bits) with
>>> this - obviously.
>>> Any comments are appreciated.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Erich
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>>
>> I think it is better to add the link at http://archlinux32.org/
>> And I'll prefer the dual architecture but many old computers doesn't boot
> from usb and burning dvd for ~800mb sounds like wasting a dvd disk.
>> Maybe a dual netboot might me an option.
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