[gobolinux-users] GoboLinux 013rc2

[Sean Russell]

On Monday 23 October 2006 06:58, Lucas C. Villa Real wrote:
> On 10/23/06, Zsolt Szokolai <soky64 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Please include the mdadm! I want install onto soft raid, and wold
> > be nice prepare disks without booting eg. slax.
> > I am beginner in Gobo for own live cd making, but I like the idea
> > ...
>
> I'd also like to have it, but unfortunately we're out of space in the
> CD. It's possible, however, to just type 'Compile Mdadm' in the
> LiveCD and use it before installing the system, as we have
> "read-write" in the CD. Works like a charm :-)

Is there nothing else that could come out?  Like TeX, which is enormous, 
and seems like a package that would be less likely to be used by 
somebody booting their machine from a live CD.  Or is it necessary to 
have three window managers on the live CD?

I see three primary uses for a LiveCD.  Probably the most important, 
IMO, is for new installations.  The second is for playing around with a 
new distro, or casual booting on a foreign machine.  The third is for 
rescue.

Since we can't have *everything* on the LiveCD (although Gobo's made a 
good attempt at it), it seems like installation and rescue packages 
should be prioritized, and then have desktop apps fill whatever is 
left.  I would argue that this indicates that something else should be 
found to drop to ensure that the tools required for 2/3s of the use 
cases (installation and rescue) are available.

mdadm and LVM are fairly important parts of an installation or recovery.

--- SER