Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

[Steve Langasek]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 07:27:30AM -0700, cariboo907 wrote:
> On 12-09-13 05:25 AM, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 07:39:14AM +0800, Mikael Ström wrote:
> >> I think dropping the alternate CD would be a serious mistake. There
> >> are many of us who depends on installing via this CD for various
> >> reasons, like boot issues, Video card problems, CLI only installs
> >> etc.

> > Are you aware that it's possible to use the netboot mini.iso for largely
> > the same use cases (it does help to have a local mirror if you're doing
> > lots of installs, but if you're just doing one then the cost of
> > downloading the image vs. doing the netboot install is basically
> > equivalent)?

> >   http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/

> The netboot iso needs wireless device firmware to make it usable by all
> users. There are now laptops being sold without an ethernet connector.

This is a fixable bug.  If there is firmware not included in the mini iso
that you need in order for it to be usable on a particular machine, please
file a bug report against the debian-installer package in launchpad.

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Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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