Re: [gentoo-dev] New install isos needed

[Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@gentoo.org>]

On 24/03/13 06:30, Ben de Groot wrote:
> On 24 March 2013 09:17, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
>>> Am Samstag, 23. März 2013, 21:40:16 schrieb Markos Chandras:
>>>>> Why not officially recommend SystemRescueCD instead?
>>>>>
>>>> Looks really bad to recommend another installation media (even if it
>>>> is based on Gentoo) to people who want
>>>> to install our distro. I'd rather Gentoo recommended the live DVDs we
>>>> do from time to time than having these autobuilds around
>>>> that seem to break far too often.
>>>
>>> Except for the fact that downloading a DVD is slightly different from
>>> downloading a CD...
>>>
>>> Seriously. SystemRescueCD is more or less exactly what we would need. Has
>>> anyone ever approached the SystemRescueCD developers?
>>>
>>
>> I must confess, I have not used the official Gentoo ISOs in ages.  I use the
>> SystemRescueCD from a USB stick all the time.
>
> Me too. Our minimal CD is too minimal for my tastes (no X, no GUI
> browser for documentation), and our DVD too heavy. SystemRescueCD
> seems to hit the sweet spot.
>
> Maybe we could do a co-branded edition once in a while?
>

likewise, either sysrescuecd (OR ubuntu's livecd for networkmanager to 
get ppp0 up and running)

i don't mind configuring ppp0 after installation, but during 
installation it is an major obstacle

imho we should contact the sysrescuecd developers and suggest more close 
cooperation, such that it could be called official install
media in gentoo-terms