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dlin

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From: Taipei,Taiwan

Registered: 2005-09-21

Posts: 265

Why net-install iso file is so large?

My old PC require a ArchLinux.
It can not boot with USB.
I don't have workable CD-ROM.
I only have a 128M bytes CF-card on IDE interface.

Is there any way to install such large 167M through the 128M bytes CF card?

Why 2008.4's ftp install image only about 45M?

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Why net-install iso file is so large?

> Is there any way to install such large 167M through the 128M bytes CF card?
I don't think so

> Why 2008.4's ftp install image only about 45M?
Probably had less stuff.

Maybe you can try network boot the new 'release'.

Adamantium

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Registered: 2010-04-19

Posts: 16

Re: Why net-install iso file is so large?

Ditto carol. Or if you have linux installed or can boot from other tiny linux (slitaz, damn small, etc) you can try install from existing linux http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … ting_Linux

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Cdh

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Registered: 2009-02-03

Posts: 1,098

Re: Why net-install iso file is so large?

It can not boot with USB.

Do you have a floppy drive? If yes, there is a good chance that you can - with the PLoP bootmanager (for example).
http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagerdl.html
It has USB drivers and can boot from USB devices when the bios does not support it.
You just have to dd the .img file to a floppy.
I guess you could put it also on the cf card.

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grey

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From: Europe

Registered: 2007-08-23

Posts: 679

Re: Why net-install iso file is so large?

Or you can put the HD into a different machine, install there, then put it back.

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dlin

Member

From: Taipei,Taiwan

Registered: 2005-09-21

Posts: 265

Re: Why net-install iso file is so large?

Thank you all.

I knew these solution.  I don't have floppy and HD.
I just want to install archlinux on my usb through my 128M bytes IDE CF card.
I've tried boot through 'fbinst', then it call 'grub4dos', then it call PLoP's plpbt.bin.
But, it failed to detect my USB.

I'm wonder why the net-install iso grow so large?
As I know even the CentOS's net install is only 5~7 M bytes.  That's reduce much time and space for install.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Why net-install iso file is so large?

Oh, and just how old is your PC? Arch runs on i686 - PCLinuxOS is i586.