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I've a basic question concerning the version
of the boot.iso file. During the Cauldron
process this file changes revisions often.
Sometimes every few days. Effectively do you
have to create a new boot CD/USB out of
this file every time it changes? Or, can you
continue to use an older version so long
as it executes and starts the install process?

After starting the boot.iso GUI install you can
remove the CD/USB as it's loaded into memory.

Agreed, once Mageia 2 is released the boot.iso
file remains static and never gets updated.

Thanks

wilcal wrote:After starting the boot.iso GUI install you can
remove the CD/USB as it's loaded into memory.

Are you sure about that? I've used boot.iso on USB several times for network installations but each time the access indicator of the USB key starts to flash occasionally during the installation process.

wobo wrote:Are you sure about that? I've used boot.iso on USB several times for network installations but each time the access indicator of the USB key starts to flash occasionally during the installation process.

Ahhh, I am experiencing a little wrinkle on the USB thing but
a burned CD as soon as it gets into the GUI I can pull
the boot.iso CD out of the drive.

How long do you keep using a boot.iso file in Cauldron?
Do you update every time it changes?

No, but in Cauldron I get a new one each time I use one. It's a matter of a few minutes for download and dd'ing it to the usb key so I don't think twice

So far as I know, all that the boot.iso does is to load a kernel and enable the download and launch of the installer, and so in most cases it is possible to use a slightly outdated boot.iso. I know that I have done so in the past on Mandriva. Nowadays I boot the installation process from the hard drive and always use the latest all.rdz and vmlinuz from the repo. (Apart from a few rescue disks I never burn optical or USB media.)

I suppose that it's possible that a new kernel on the boot.iso could resolve some issue that the installer was experiencing. (I say that not from any technical know how, of which I have little, but because I believe in the maxim that almost anything is possible.)

Jim

jkerr82508 wrote:I suppose that it's possible that a new kernel on the boot.iso could resolve some issue that the installer was experiencing. (I say that not from any technical know how, of which I have little, but because I believe in the maxim that almost anything is possible.)

Same reasoning here! If you can you should always use the latest in a "cauldronic"¹) environment.

¹) Would this expression qualify in a Scrabble game ?

So I'm getting the sense here that if there is not
a change in Cauldrons kernel then the boot.iso file
is just fine. When Cauldrons kernel changes then
you should switch to the newer boot.iso.

FWIW one of my older platforms does not
have a USB boot feature so I have to cut
a CD.

wobo wrote:¹) Would this expression qualify in a Scrabble game ?

Only in America