Re: Validity of the CD size limit nowadays [Re: Features/ArchitectureSupport - changing what we build for]

["Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones redhat com>]

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 05:07:28PM +0100, Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> Was already discussed the requirement of CDs nowadays?  Even the oldest
> computers already have DVD and I miss more a fully-featured LiveDVD 5GB spin.

On $SUBJECT don't forget virtualization and .iso files.  I use the ISO
format as a (somewhat inconvenient) way to boot virtual machines, and
probably less than 1 in 10 of those ISOs that I download get burned
onto any physical object.

Rich.

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