From: Vahis on
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
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From: CellShocked on
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
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
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.

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From: Ulick Magee on
houghi wrote:
>
> All well, but does it have as nice a background during boot as mine? I
> don't think so.

Is it boobies?



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