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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I will bring it up at the next QA meeting to ask the devs to look into
keeping alternate isos CD sized. Whilst it is possible to 'mess' about with
an over-sized image, I am also minded that alternate iso's should really be
CD sized.

Regards,

Phill.

On 16 February 2012 23:35, Maps Backward <maps.backward@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> yes but this is not a ppc issue. ALL the alternates (ubuntu included here)
> are oversized for a cd. seems not right to me. generally the alternates are
> a bit bigger, but should fit on a cd.
>
> wxl
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:24 PM, o jordan <ojordan12345@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>>  I think the FAQ has that covered
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ#The_iso_is_too_big_for_a_CD.2C_what_can_I_do.3F
>>  .
>>
>> You can also try copying them to a hard drive partition - I've booted a
>> live CD that way, although the auto installer doesn't like it.  I'm going
>> to mess a bit more with that.
>> ------------------------------
>> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:17:06 -0800
>> Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Clean non-pae mini.iso install
>> From: maps.backward@xxxxxxxxx
>> To: ojordan12345@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> CC: lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> …of course the alternates need to be the right SIZE in order for everyone
>> to test them ;)
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:03 PM, o jordan <ojordan12345@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>  I'd prefer it if the mini/net installs were not on the QA tracker.
>> They've been a good fallback for PowerPC and I wouldn't want to loose
>> them.  We've got enough to test and as has already been said, the installs
>> take a long time and a lot of downloading.  If the alternate CD passes it's
>> testcases then the mini will be okay.
>>
>> ojordan
>> ------------------------------
>> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:13:04 +0000
>> From: PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx
>> To: maps.backward@xxxxxxxxx; ubuntu-qa-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> CC: lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Clean non-pae mini.iso install
>>
>> Agreed,
>>
>> I am including this one onto the 'main' QA team to get their input on
>> adding the mini / net install isos to the qa tracker.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Phill.
>>
>>
>> On 16 February 2012 21:07, Maps Backward <maps.backward@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>> What kind of feedback on the powerpc mini.iso (or other ppc images) is
>> needed, how much, how often and where should it be reported?
>>
>>
>> generally i would say http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/ and indeed
>> there is powerpc alternate/desktop testcases under Lubuntu but i don't see
>> netinstalls anywhere, even for Ubuntu. so i'm not sure how those are
>> "officially" tracked. Phil, do you have any thoughts on this?
>>
>> that being said, i guess we should start by seeing if it works at all. do
>> an install and then run the result. report any bugs with ubuntu-bug. tell
>> us the results.
>>
>> wxl
>>
>>
>>
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