From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-124757-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1Qa4lI-0002gh-IC for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:41:24 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BCE0E1C03A; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:38:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A9E91C03A for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:38:05 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.65,419,1304290800"; d="scan'208";a="780874217" Received: from 213-152-39-90.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 24 Jun 2011 12:37:37 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.102] (unknown [192.168.1.102]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAD38AA3B7 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:32:44 +0100 (BST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1242) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] about the minimal install isos From: Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <87aad8avnj.fsf@newsguy.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:37:21 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <FF01BEFE-3BEE-4743-A86A-D049AD3B53D8@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> References: <87aad8avnj.fsf@newsguy.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1242) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 2ccba539a99efa06c35564958ca26ec6 On 24 June 2011, at 02:02, Harry Putnam wrote: > I just happened to run into a situation where rsync would have been > really handy to have on board while booting a minimal install iso. >=20 > I was surprised to find rsync was not amongst the onboard tools. >=20 > Isn't rsync a pretty basic tool to be missing from a bootable install > disc? The goal of the minimal install CDs is to make them small. I don't know = how large they are now, but there used to be debate (regularly, IIRC, on = gentoo-dev) about including vi or vim. I think at that time the minimal = CD was down to about 22meg, and there was no way vim would be included = due to its "excessive" size (I think with deps it maybe ran to as much = as 40meg). I haven't used Gentoo's install CDs in years. I think there may have = even been a period during which they weren't produced or supported. If = I'm installing a Gentoo system I now always use SystemRescueCD. I would = imagine that would have rsync on it. Stroller.