Re: [RULE] New install report available: futura

[M. Fioretti]

On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 10:32:48 at 10:32:48AM -0400, Jason Bechtel 
(address@hidden) wrote:

> Obvious problems with this would be the disk
> space demand on the server and the time required
> to build the ISO.  The custom ISOs could have a
> 12 hour expiration time to conserve disk space
> and the server might have to be a powerful one to
> keep the build times low.
> 
> Thoughts?

Apart from what you mention, the problem on a server is that, unless
it is *very* powerful (=expensive!!) or you nice down the process so
much that it takes week, every other web page on that machine would be
slowed. 

Another way may be to provide two ISOs: one with base system only *but* all
possible kernels, one more or less as today.

> 
> Jason
> 
> PS:  I just realized that it may be more
> practical to just provide a kernel-compilation
> front-end and allow people to customize the
> kernel in the ISO.

May I ask you to elaborate on this? I'm not sure I understand.

    Ciao,
        Marco Fioretti

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