Dropping pre-i686 from the archive

Andy Rabagliati andyr at wizzy.com
Thu Jan 12 16:33:34 GMT 2006


On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, John Nilsson wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 16:40 +0100, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> > An essential part of ubuntus ltsp is that it uses default packages like
> > the default kernel to run the client, with dropping everything before
> > 686 this wouldnt work anymore for many ltsp setups running out there in
> > schools or libraries.
> 
> Is it an option to have special packages for ltsp clients?

My redhat packages for ltsp run to 112 Megs. Kernel, X, fonts.

I think the idea of having the ltsp built from regular packages is that
everything still fits on one CD - i.e. there is little space overhead.

Cheers,   Andy!



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