Re: [IPCop-devel] Need help testing on Pentium or 486 CPUs

[John E. <jo...@co...>]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 02:35:13PM -0400, Ivan Kabaivanov wrote:
> On Thursday 24 April 2008, John Edwards wrote:
<snip>
>> As many people will not be able to build their own CDROM image,
>> I have made one available for download (only 52MB!) at:
<snip> 

> I would recommend you create a bootable CD with just the /boot directory, in 
> other words just syslinux and the initramfs image.  You'll reduce the iso 
> image dramatically and save your internet connection a heavy hammering if too 
> many people take you up on the offer.  Besides, they don't need the rest of 
> the iso to test the initramfs.  Let me know if you need help pruning the iso.
>
> Just put a note on your site for people to know that they can't use that cd 
> for installation, as it will wipe out their HDD and fail to install ipcop.

If you fell happier creating a CD image that doesn't run the full
install then that is OK with me. Either post me the URL or send as an
attachement and I'll put that up. I did not do this because I wanted
people to use a CD image that I had already tested.

Also this image could be used later for testing hardware detection,
which is another area where we need to have access to wide range of
hardware.

I did assume that everyone on the ipcop-devel mailing list is IT aware
and knows what happens if you run an installer and ignore the warnings.
I did think about putting up an index page with more information, but
then thought that it would be better put that in the email as people
have to read that to get the link.

Internet bandwidth should not be a major problem as I have already
OK'ed this with the owner of the web server, who is an IPCop user and
past helper. But I did not consider the internet access of potential
testers, where a smaller image might be easier to download.


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