"Trent M. Gunnarson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello All :-) > > Since before the final release of ver.9, I've been working with several people > on creating Mandrake ISOs using the MakeCD script and here's what I've found, > with the help and verification of others; > > 1) While using a standard 8.2 install, the MakeCD script found in the ver.9 > distro tree will *not* create ver.9 ISOs.
I just installed a 8.2 and test, and it works for me, maybe try with the cooker version. > This leads me to say that maybe MakeCD/mkcd should be pulled from general use > until its function can be replaced with a tool that is; > > 1) Standalone binary > 2) Version independant This is supposed to be the case, but as mkcd is still in development, it may suffers some problem. > When I found the MakeCD script, I had high hopes that I'd be able to rsync the > package mirror and create ISO's when the the distro became *Final Release*, > then I'd be able to upgrade my home network using the shiny new cds. I've > since discovered that in order to create cds, one needs to have already > upgraded. This seems a bit counterproductive. I should not be the case. I even test MakeCD on a redhat 8.0 and it works. > Also, wouldn't it be great if the mirrors only had to host either the ISOs > *OR* the package tree and not both ? Wouldn't it be fantastic if newbies > could download a simple package with no dependancies (maybe even work in > windows) that would create a set of ISOs using wget or rsync instead of tying > up the bandwidth for days getting ISO images whole ? How about a tool that > would even take those ISOs that were created and *update* them ? There are only ISOs for stable version, and to keep both ISOs and file tree is important because people may want to do network install, or use urpmi on a daily basis with all the changes. ISOs are only made a very precise time when the distro is stable enought. > *BEHOLD* > <snip> > Jigdo (which stands for "Jigsaw Download") was written by Richard Atterer and > is released under the GNU GPL. It's a tool that allows efficient downloading > and updating of an ISO image. Any ISO image. Jigdo is not Debian specific, > however Debian has chosen it to be the prefered method of downloading ISO > images. http://atterer.net/jigdo > </snip> > *PLEASE* look into this as an option to replace mkcd. It would save tons of > money in hosting and bandwidth as well as providing a much better tool for > the end user. This is not the mkcd goal to ease download, use rsync for that. -- Warly
