From: Vahis on 18 Oct 2009 07:41 On 2009-10-18, houghi <houghi(a)houghi.org.invalid> wrote: > Vahis wrote: >> On 2009-10-18, houghi <houghi(a)houghi.org.invalid> wrote: >>> Vahis wrote: >>>> Dunno. But the Live image is different than the netinstall one. >>>> One boots from a stick, the other won't. >>> >>> I can imagine that the net install is build in a different way. >>> >> In which way different? > > It is my imagination, so take it with a grain of salt. I always do :) > >> They are bootable images on a CD, both. > > And that is where it ends. One is probably specialy made in such a way > that it can boot from both. Hybrid? > The other is not. Best ask the people who > make them if you want more specifics. > >> But 'dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M' makes one boot fine, >> the other not. >> >> I sure would like the netinstall on a stick :) > > I myself could not be botherd if I have enough bandwith. The main > difference is that the netinstall CD can do both 32 and 64 bit, so I > would need 2 512M USB keys. > No biggie. Vahis -- "Sunrise 8:09am (EEST), sunset 6:00pm (EEST) at Espoo, Finland (9:50 hours daylight)" http://waxborg.servepics.com Linux 2.6.25.20-0.5-default #1 SMP 2009-08-14 01:48:11 +0200 x86_64 2:01pm up 26 days 20:41, 16 users, load average: 0.15, 0.22, 0.31
From: CellShocked on 18 Oct 2009 12:21 On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:07:55 GMT, Vahis <waxborg(a)gmail.com.invalid> wrote: >On 2009-10-17, houghi <houghi(a)houghi.org.invalid> wrote: >> Vahis wrote: >>> On 2009-10-17, houghi <houghi(a)houghi.org.invalid> wrote: >>>> Vahis wrote: >>>>> The live images of Milestones and now rc1 (oops, sorry, I'm doing it >>>>> again) are said to hybrid, that is they can be put on CD or on a stick. >>>> >>>> They say that where? >>> >>> http://lizards.opensuse.org/2009/08/05/hybrid-live-systems/ >> >> I read there what it is, but not that the Milestones or RC1 are actualy >> hybrid. It just states that it would be a good idea. >> > >Dunno. But the Live image is different than the netinstall one. >One boots from a stick, the other won't. > >Vahis When are they going to make a PPC (PS3) port again?
From: Archimedes' Lever on 18 Oct 2009 15:58 On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:19:44 +0200, houghi <houghi(a)houghi.org.invalid> wrote: >CellShocked wrote: >> When are they going to make a PPC (PS3) port again? > >No idea. I would say not to hold your breath. > >houghi Is there any further ppc support whatsoever? I mean if I simply update what I have, it will at least rise to the most recent opensuse ppc releases of those packages, right?
From: Paul J Gans on 19 Oct 2009 12:16 Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman(a)tudelft.nl> wrote: >Van Chocstraw <boobooililililil(a)roadrunner.com> wrote: >> I suppose you can still get attacked in live memory though, you think? >Yes, but as long as you do not use anything "executable" (including >macro's in Word etc. file) from the hard disk, the mal-ware will >be erased when you switch of the system, it cannot infect the CD >and the "ramdisk fs" is pure temporary. >The problem, of course, is that mostly you WILL need stuf from >the hard disk, so will have to mount it and then that disk gets >vulnerable again. Use a pen drive set to be read only for the data. -- --- Paul J. Gans
From: Ulick Magee on 19 Oct 2009 18:41 houghi wrote: > > All well, but does it have as nice a background during boot as mine? I > don't think so. Is it boobies? -- Ulick Magee Free software and free formats for free information for free people. Open Office for Windows/OSX/Linux: http://www.openoffice.org openSUSE Linux: http://en.opensuse.org
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