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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

2014-02-12 21:33, Ali Linx skrev:
> 
> On 02/09/2014 12:26 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>> 2014-02-08 19:16, Ali Linx skrev:
>>> Hi Nio,
>>>
>>> Hope this email will find you well :)
>>>
>>> I guess you're very busy these days that you didn't yet put your hands
>>> with ToriOS ;)
>>>
>>> I'd like to ask you since you're the founder of OBI :)
>>>
>>> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/torios/+spec/default-installer
>>>
>>> Is it correct that OBI is not useful with ISO files?
>>> Obviously, we are going to have an ISO file and on the above Blueprint,
>>> we need to find out what 'Installer' are we going to use and as I
>>> promised ages ago that I will try OBI and haven't yet (you know I have
>>> no time), to keep my promise, I had a thought to make OBI the default
>>> installer for ToriOS but as per the whiteboard, it might not be
>>> possible.
>>>
>>> We need you to enlighten us :)
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>> Hi Ali and all [other] fellow torios,
> 
> Hello Nio,
> 
> I am totally lost between Thunderbird with 5 Emails accounts and between
> Gmail and 100 or more emails daily and between Firefox and Chromium and
> billions of open tabs O_o
> I guess I need a machine for each project :(
> 
> Anyway, sorry for the late reply :)
> 
>>
>> The OBI itself is a package of shell scripts and the 'dialog' software
>> package. Now it is run in 'an installed system' which is portable, and
>> is normally installed in USB pendrives. It needs writeable media and
>> file-systems, so it cannot run in the standard live ISO way from CD/DVD.
>> The ISO 9660 file system is read-only.
>>
>> I have been talking to Jörn about installing the OBI into a system that
>> can be converted to an ISO file for a 'normal' live system. Such a
>> system would satisfy your requirements, but we are not there yet. So if
>> you have to decide the installer for Tori now or soon,
> 
> 
>> the answer is
>> *no* the OBI is not a candidate to install it.
> Ok, thanks for your reply. As of this very moment, OBI is 'NO' use for
> ToriOS :)
> 
> Keep us updated please in case this will change in the near future ;)
> 
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
> 
> Thank you :)
> 
> P.S.
> @Israel @Paul and @Smile4ever
> We need to make sure this will reflect on our Wiki and Website so that
> we won't confuse ourselves nor anyone who will view our sites and I
> shall update the thread on Ubuntu Forums :)
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2200017
> 
As long as the installer of Tori must be an ISO file, the answer is no,
because the OBI does not come with an ISO file.

Best regards
Nio