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dCore Import Debian Packages to Mountable SCE extensions => dCore X86 => Topic started by: jls on July 18, 2015, 11:36:29 AM

Title: iso: kernel & initrd names differ then the ones on the site
Post by: jls on July 18, 2015, 11:36:29 AM

 :-X

Title: Re: iso: kernel & initrd names differ then the ones on the site
Post by: Jason W on July 18, 2015, 01:41:23 PM

We can't have dashes in the names on the ISO.  I like the dashes in the names in general, though I do like consistency as well.  What does everyone think?  Rename all to, say, dCorewheezy.gz and vmlinuzwheezy, or leave as it?

Title: Re: iso: kernel & initrd names differ then the ones on the site
Post by: netnomad on July 19, 2015, 04:59:06 AM

hi friends,

i prefer the current situation.
i use multifiunctional scripts and configurations,
so f.e. i use a very extensive syslinux.cfg and most entries differ just with tiny details.
it's much easier to copy entries, if there are only needed differences...

thank you for your help.

Title: Re: iso: kernel & initrd names differ then the ones on the site
Post by: sm8ps on July 19, 2015, 04:26:43 PM

I prefer the dash in the names for readability -- which is not that great of an issue, to be sure. However, the CD-installation exists in parallel to other installation methods; as long as there is no installer from CD to hard-disk the names will not appear because there is no reason to manually manipulate the boot-loader. Furthermore the '.iso'⁻file is IMHO not of that great importance compared to the flexibility a USB-installation provides (-> cf. separate thread).

Title: Re: iso: kernel & initrd names differ then the ones on the site
Post by: Jason W on July 19, 2015, 06:35:56 PM

ISO does make it easy to use with Virtualbox, which is a very popular way to run Linux nowadays, especially for newer users.

Of course, us more seasoned folks normally run off hard drive or usb.

Title: Re: iso: kernel & initrd names differ then the ones on the site
Post by: sm8ps on July 20, 2015, 04:05:14 AM

You are right; I did not have that use-case on my radar. Nevertheless, one would still use it like a regular life session from CD and not normally change the boot loader AFAIK. So the naming might well be treated separately from the main release.

A propos "seasoned": this happens to be my 100th post. Let's celebrate!  :D