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Re: Scientific Linux LiveCD/DVD 6.2 officially released
From:
Urs Beyerle <[log in to unmask]>
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Urs Beyerle <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:38:51 +0100
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On 02/17/2012 08:57 AM, Steven Haigh wrote:
> On 17/02/2012 6:38 PM, Urs Beyerle wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Scientific Linux 6.2 LiveCD, LiveMiniCD and LiveDVD are officially
>> released.
>> They are available for 32-bit and 64-bit and come with following window
>> manager
>>
>> LiveMiniCD icewm
>> LiveCD gnome
>> LiveDVD gnome, kde, icewm
>
> Just a quick question on the minimum size of the USB stick required - the docs don't seem to mention it...
>
> Is it generally the size of the ISO + x%? something else?
>

It's <size of ISO> + <20-30 MB> + <persistent overlay>

The additional 20-30 MB comes from doubling the kernel (vmlinuz0) and intial ramdisk (initrd0.img) once for EFI and once for sylinux boot. Of course, the exact 
number depends on the size of kernel and initrd.

I have update http://www.livecd.ethz.ch/usbdisk.html

Cheers,

      Urs

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