Idea for single CD install

I tried the 4.4 LiveCD and find it has a very good selection
from both GNOME 
and KDE. I request that a single installer CD (as opposed to
the full 4 CD 
set or 1 DVD) be provided for installing the same contents
to the hard disk, 
just like a regular install.

Maybe you can do the installer on the same live CD, like the
Kubuntu Desktop 
CD.

Single CD installs will go a long way to popularize CentOS,
IMHO.

P.S: Seeing as this Live CD is based on the linux-live
scripts, and SLAX which 
uses the same linux-live scripts can be just copied to HDD
and run from 
there, is it also possible to do the same with CentOS?

P.P.S: I will be travelling a week starting today so I may
not reply quickly.

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Shriramana Sharma wrote:
> I tried the 4.4 LiveCD and find it has a very good
selection from both GNOME 
> and KDE. I request that a single installer CD (as
opposed to the full 4 CD 
> set or 1 DVD) be provided for installing the same
contents to the hard disk, 
> just like a regular install.
> 
> Maybe you can do the installer on the same live CD,
like the Kubuntu Desktop 
> CD.
> 
> Single CD installs will go a long way to popularize
CentOS, IMHO.
> 

There already is a Single CD installer, with a default
Server Mode 
selection, but nothing stops you from doing a minimal
install and then 
yum groupinstall 'GNOME Desktop'

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Shriramana Sharma wrote:
> I tried the 4.4 LiveCD and find it has a very good
selection from both GNOME 
> and KDE. I request that a single installer CD (as
opposed to the full 4 CD 
> set or 1 DVD) be provided for installing the same
contents to the hard disk, 
> just like a regular install.
> 
> Maybe you can do the installer on the same live CD,
like the Kubuntu Desktop 
> CD.
> 
> Single CD installs will go a long way to popularize
CentOS, IMHO.
> 

There already is a Single CD installer, with a default
Server Mode 
selection, but nothing stops you from doing a minimal
install and then 
yum groupinstall 'GNOME Desktop'

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Shriramana Sharma wrote:
> I tried the 4.4 LiveCD and find it has a very good
selection from both GNOME 
> and KDE. I request that a single installer CD (as
opposed to the full 4 CD 
> set or 1 DVD) be provided for installing the same
contents to the hard disk, 
> just like a regular install.
> 
> Maybe you can do the installer on the same live CD,
like the Kubuntu Desktop 
> CD.
> 
> Single CD installs will go a long way to popularize
CentOS, IMHO.
> 

There already is a Single CD installer, with a default
Server Mode 
selection, but nothing stops you from doing a minimal
install and then 
yum groupinstall 'GNOME Desktop'

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On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Karanbir Singh wrote:

> Shriramana Sharma wrote:
> 
>> Single CD installs will go a long way to popularize
CentOS, IMHO.
>
> There already is a Single CD installer, with a default
Server Mode selection, 
> but nothing stops you from doing a minimal install and
then yum groupinstall 
> 'GNOME Desktop'

Lack of readily available bandwidth might. Try it over 14.4k
dialup if you 
have doubts.
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On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Karanbir Singh wrote:

> Shriramana Sharma wrote:
> 
>> Single CD installs will go a long way to popularize
CentOS, IMHO.
>
> There already is a Single CD installer, with a default
Server Mode selection, 
> but nothing stops you from doing a minimal install and
then yum groupinstall 
> 'GNOME Desktop'

Lack of readily available bandwidth might. Try it over 14.4k
dialup if you 
have doubts.
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On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 10:30 -0400, Charlie Brady wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> 
> > Shriramana Sharma wrote:
> > 
> >> Single CD installs will go a long way to
popularize CentOS, IMHO.
> >
> > There already is a Single CD installer, with a
default Server Mode selection, 
> > but nothing stops you from doing a minimal install
and then yum groupinstall 
> > 'GNOME Desktop'
> 
> Lack of readily available bandwidth might. Try it over
14.4k dialup if you 
> have doubts.

There are any number of ISO sellers for people to purchase
ISOs from for
situations like that.

It is not possible to provide all the content on the liveCD
on a single
anaconda installable CD.  (The liveCD is nearly 2GB in size
and made
smaller by squashfs/unionfs.

The purpose of the LiveCD is:

1.  Bootable to test hardware/software ... test if you like
the look /
feel of CentOS before installing.

2. Bootable as an emergency rescue disc.

In both cases, it is not designed to be installed to hard
drive OR be
supported as an Official CentOS install.

While it is possible to install it to hard drive by
following the
directions on the SLAX site, I do not necessarily recommend
that.

It will work, and you can get updates if you properly
configure your
system ... however, it does not use the standard CentOS init
scripts
which causes things like hostname changes, root and user
passwd changes,
X11 detections and configuration every boot, hardware
detection and
configuration every boot, etc. that are based on the fact
that it is
designed to boot from CD on different PCs every time it is
used.  The
whole boot process is sub optimal and take longer that the
standard
CentOS boot process.

If you fixed all those issues, it would work fine installed
to the
drive, however, just installing CentOS by one of the
supported methods
is much easier. 

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes
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On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 10:30 -0400, Charlie Brady wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> 
> > Shriramana Sharma wrote:
> > 
> >> Single CD installs will go a long way to
popularize CentOS, IMHO.
> >
> > There already is a Single CD installer, with a
default Server Mode selection, 
> > but nothing stops you from doing a minimal install
and then yum groupinstall 
> > 'GNOME Desktop'
> 
> Lack of readily available bandwidth might. Try it over
14.4k dialup if you 
> have doubts.

There are any number of ISO sellers for people to purchase
ISOs from for
situations like that.

It is not possible to provide all the content on the liveCD
on a single
anaconda installable CD.  (The liveCD is nearly 2GB in size
and made
smaller by squashfs/unionfs.

The purpose of the LiveCD is:

1.  Bootable to test hardware/software ... test if you like
the look /
feel of CentOS before installing.

2. Bootable as an emergency rescue disc.

In both cases, it is not designed to be installed to hard
drive OR be
supported as an Official CentOS install.

While it is possible to install it to hard drive by
following the
directions on the SLAX site, I do not necessarily recommend
that.

It will work, and you can get updates if you properly
configure your
system ... however, it does not use the standard CentOS init
scripts
which causes things like hostname changes, root and user
passwd changes,
X11 detections and configuration every boot, hardware
detection and
configuration every boot, etc. that are based on the fact
that it is
designed to boot from CD on different PCs every time it is
used.  The
whole boot process is sub optimal and take longer that the
standard
CentOS boot process.

If you fixed all those issues, it would work fine installed
to the
drive, however, just installing CentOS by one of the
supported methods
is much easier. 

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes
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On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 10:30 -0400, Charlie Brady wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> 
> > Shriramana Sharma wrote:
> > 
> >> Single CD installs will go a long way to
popularize CentOS, IMHO.
> >
> > There already is a Single CD installer, with a
default Server Mode selection, 
> > but nothing stops you from doing a minimal install
and then yum groupinstall 
> > 'GNOME Desktop'
> 
> Lack of readily available bandwidth might. Try it over
14.4k dialup if you 
> have doubts.

There are any number of ISO sellers for people to purchase
ISOs from for
situations like that.

It is not possible to provide all the content on the liveCD
on a single
anaconda installable CD.  (The liveCD is nearly 2GB in size
and made
smaller by squashfs/unionfs.

The purpose of the LiveCD is:

1.  Bootable to test hardware/software ... test if you like
the look /
feel of CentOS before installing.

2. Bootable as an emergency rescue disc.

In both cases, it is not designed to be installed to hard
drive OR be
supported as an Official CentOS install.

While it is possible to install it to hard drive by
following the
directions on the SLAX site, I do not necessarily recommend
that.

It will work, and you can get updates if you properly
configure your
system ... however, it does not use the standard CentOS init
scripts
which causes things like hostname changes, root and user
passwd changes,
X11 detections and configuration every boot, hardware
detection and
configuration every boot, etc. that are based on the fact
that it is
designed to boot from CD on different PCs every time it is
used.  The
whole boot process is sub optimal and take longer that the
standard
CentOS boot process.

If you fixed all those issues, it would work fine installed
to the
drive, however, just installing CentOS by one of the
supported methods
is much easier. 

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes
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Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 10:30 -0400, Charlie Brady wrote:
> 
>>On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Karanbir Singh wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Shriramana Sharma wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Single CD installs will go a long way to
popularize CentOS, IMHO.
>>>
>>>There already is a Single CD installer, with a
default Server Mode selection, 
>>>but nothing stops you from doing a minimal
install and then yum groupinstall 
>>>'GNOME Desktop'
>>
>>Lack of readily available bandwidth might. Try it
over 14.4k dialup if you 
>>have doubts.
> 
> 
> There are any number of ISO sellers for people to
purchase ISOs from for
> situations like that.
> 
> It is not possible to provide all the content on the
liveCD on a single
> anaconda installable CD.  (The liveCD is nearly 2GB in
size and made
> smaller by squashfs/unionfs.

Most of the files (rpms) are already compressed, so space
for those 
shouldn't be an issue. Running the rest through mkzftree
and then using 
mkisofs -z should attend to the rest. Then it's just an
issue of package 
selection

Be aware, though, that the resultant CD could only be read
sensibly on 
Linux; Mac OS, Windows & the rest won't be able to
display file contents 
correctly.





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