[tex-live] TeX install on single-layer DVD

Norbert Preining preining at logic.at
Thu Sep 17 19:12:06 CEST 2009


On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Philip TAYLOR wrote:
> With all due respect, Tomek, an ISO image is not what Gianluca
> is asking for.  He wrote (in part) "This way I could duplicate
> the DVD and give copies around, also to students that are not
> computer-savvy."  To a student who is not "computer savvy",
> an ISO image is of little use; what he (or she) needs is
> a DVD that can be inserted into the machine, and which will
> talk the user through whatever further steps are necessary.

Yesm but he wants to duplicate the DVDs, and that means generating
an ISO image. So providing an ISO image is the very same as the first step
of duplicating. So if we provide a .iso then that is fine.

Best wishes

Norbert

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