Re: [gentoo-dev] Partimage on the livecd

[Christian Zoffoli <xmerlin@gentoo.org>]

Chris Gianelloni wrote:
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> HAHAHAHAHA...
> 
> Anyway, though spyderous was joking somewhat, he does have a point.  We
> really have no reason to produce one as part of the regular releases.  I
> have thought about making one, just for kicks.  The primary reason for
> not doing one is that SystemRescueCD already does this quite well.  This
> is a niche where someone else has built on Gentoo's work and has come up
> with a unique and usable product.  While I have no problem with someone
> else within the Gentoo project using catalyst for this task, I don't see
> a reason for one as part of the official releases.
> 

Sysrescuecd works only on x86, the ppc version is in beta from months 
and months and it doesn't work with a network backup solution like 
bacula or something similar (FYI projects like qtparted are officially 
death).

And I'm agree with many users that want a recovery solution integrated 
with the "install disk".


Christian

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