Will install CD and Live CD be merged in the future?

Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Tue Mar 21 22:15:32 GMT 2006


On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 09:33:31PM +0100, Jaap Haitsma wrote:
> Since the Live CD now also contains an installer I was wondering if one
> of the future plans is to merge the Live CD and the Install CD to one
> CD. The boot menu then would be the same as the one of the current
> Install CD plus one extra item which would launch the Live session.
> 
> So is this on the roadmap?

There are two questions here:

- Will I be able to install Ubuntu using the live CD?

  Answer: Yes, absolutely!  This is a new feature in Dapper, allowing the
  standard desktop environment to be installed from the live CD using a
  friendly graphical installer application.  Please help to test it!

- Will both the traditional (text-mode, flexible) installer and the live
  environment be available on the same disc?

  Answer: Not on a CD, since there isn't enough space for both.  However,
  both are available on the DVD.

-- 
 - mdz



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