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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 2016-05-10 kl. 21:15, skrev Israel:
> On 05/10/2016 12:16 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> > Den 2016-05-10 kl. 17:11, skrev Israel:
> > > Hi all,
> > > This ISO is GREAT!!  WOOOO-HOOO!!!
> > > Caveat, it is too big...
> > >
> > > @Ali, this should fix your network issue, so try from a USB
> > >
> > > One really great thing is that the checkboxes WORK!!!  Hurray!!
> > >
> > > Please test this, and I will work on making it smaller...
> > > the big change is the added non-free firmware for wireless devices,
> > > etc..
> > >
> > > This is why it is 73MiB (70MB) larger
> > > 765MiB (726MB) too big for CDs (700 MiB)
> > >
> > > But I think I can get the size down... OR I will have to do something to
> > > mitigate the issue like creating a script to install the missing
> > > firmware on the device (this is done in the Debian Installer -which
> > > Ubiquity uses- by hw-detect)
> > > However, we are getting much closer now!!
> >
> > Hi Israel,
> >
> > An iso file cannot be too great, but it can be too big ;-)
> >
> > 765 MiB is 62 MiB too much. I'm afraid that it is not easy to squeeze
> > it down that much.
> >
> > Are you using the highest possible compression ( -9 or -9e)? In that
> > case, are you using the same compression for both the tarball and the
> > iso file?
> >
> > How much extra does it reduce the size of the iso file (compared to
> > the default xz compression)?
> >
> > According to the manual -9 and -9e forces the decompressor to use 65
> > MiB RAM, which might be a bad thing in computers with low RAM.
> >
> > It might be a good alternative, but we should be aware of the
> > increased use of RAM, and maybe consider other alternatives.
> >
> > - The method, to use a script to install the missing firmware on the
> > device, might be the best, but the drawback is that it needs internet
> > access.
> >
> > - ToriOS-live system and tarball on separate drives
> >
> > Another alternative would be to separate the live system and the
> > tarball. Let us assume that there is USB. The computer might not boot
> > from USB, but it might let ToriOS-live read from a USB drive. We do
> > some pre-configuration and make ToriOS-live check for the existence of
> > a tarball in another drive, typically a USB drive, but a small
> > partition on the internal drive might work too in case there is no
> > working USB system.
> >
> > This way we can work around the strict CD size limit.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Nio
> Hi Nio,
> I am solving the internet access issue by downloading the debs for the
> firmware and putting them in the root filesystem:
> /lib/firmware
> Then, we can install them in the liveOS, and the installed OS if we
> detect they need them.
> This ISO has them installed in BOTH.
>
> Do you have any good ideas about detecting the needed firmware?

Hi Israel,

No, I'm not very good at managing wifi. I usually connect via wired 
network. But I know that there are several people at the Ubuntu 
Networking & Wireless Forum

http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=336

who can probably help, if you ask there.

Best regards
Nio