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Old 04-08-2011, 04:15 PM   #1
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Houston, we have a problem. 13.37 RC 4.6692 Exceed DVD Size.
 
Old 04-08-2011, 04:21 PM   #2
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If you use Alien Bob's mirror-slackware-current.sh and exclude /source then it will easily fit on a DVD. I exclude a couple more things as well and my DVD iso is only 1.3GB.

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Old 04-08-2011, 04:29 PM   #3
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If you use Alien Bob's mirror-slackware-current.sh and exclude /source then it will easily fit on a DVD. I exclude a couple more things as well and my DVD iso is only 1.3GB.

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Yes but Slackware was suppose to fit into a single DVD Including Everything.
It's not about how we change it. It's about how Distro is delivered by it's maintainer.
 
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Old 04-08-2011, 04:32 PM   #4
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Since there is no official Slackware 13.37 DVD, all this is just speculation anyway.

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Old 04-08-2011, 04:36 PM   #5
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Houston, we have a problem. 13.37 RC 4.6692 Exceed DVD Size.
Just use a Double-Layer DVD disk, man! It have 8.5G.

Or, if you like, a BluRay disk is always for you, with its 40G room ...
 
Old 04-08-2011, 04:39 PM   #6
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Yes but Slackware was suppose to fit into a single DVD Including Everything.
You known, for $1.5 you can get a 8.5G DVD disk. I think, Slackware will fit in it.
 
Old 04-08-2011, 04:41 PM   #7
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Just use a Double-Layer DVD disk, man! It have 8.5G.

Or, if you like, a BluRay disk is always for you, with its 40G room ...
It's 3:11 AM so i can't go n buy a DVD-DL or Blueray
 
Old 04-08-2011, 04:42 PM   #8
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Since there is no official Slackware 13.37 DVD, all this is just speculation anyway.

Eric
Yes Bob it's not official Release but it's always good to know that size is getting bigger.
 
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It's 3:11 AM so i can't go n buy a DVD-DL or Blueray
Then, you have 2 solutions:

1. Avoid the /source tree, in the DVD build.
2. Wait until next day and buy a properly disk.
 
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Then, you have 2 solutions:

1. Avoid the /source tree, in the DVD build.
2. Wait until next day and buy a properly disk.
Avoiding Source
 
Old 04-08-2011, 04:51 PM   #11
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Burning a DVD every time -current's Changelog is updated is kind of waste anyhow
 
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Burning a DVD every time -current's Changelog is updated is kind of waste anyhow
Iam a current guy i always use current i like to try latest.
 
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Then why don't you use slackpkg to upgrade?
Or if you want to make a fresh install, boot on a USB stick and get the source from a local mirror, updated through rsync?
 
Old 04-08-2011, 05:44 PM   #14
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I'm not sure about the sum of sizes of the packages in kdei. But if someone want's a DVD of current, I'd recommend to download only the (maximum 1) package of the kdei-series which one needs. this should save several hundred Megabyte.

Markus
 
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Old 04-08-2011, 09:27 PM   #15
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Then why don't you use slackpkg to upgrade?
Or if you want to make a fresh install, boot on a USB stick and get the source from a local mirror, updated through rsync?
What he said.
Also:
There's always AlienBob's mini-iso
http://slackware.org.uk/people/alien...oot/mini/13.1/
 
  


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