On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 09:09:34AM +1000, Russell Dickenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First - I want to vote that the CD ISOs *not* be removed completely.
ok. :) > I agree with Cory that perhaps cutting back to CDs 1 & 2 may be > feasible. I have no idea what the 'mkiso' tool does but I'll read up > on that. it just a tool that can generate an iso image from fpm and fdb files and a descriptor xml file. > My point was much the same as Cory's - if the CD ISOs contain copies > of packages already contained elsewhere on the mirror, why would > anyone be downloading the ISOs instead of selected packages? Once you > have a basic Frugalware installation, you can then enter the command > "pacman-g2 -Sp package1 package2 package3 package4", redirect this to > a file, then feed this into wget/curl and *bingo*, you have the > packages downloaded. > > Maybe there's something I'm missing here? I understand that for an > inexperienced person, it's easier to say "download all the CD ISOs", > but if they're downloading ISOs for no benefit, it's simply a waste of > their bandwidth. with cds: you download them, give it to a friend, and he/she can use it even if there is no internet available on the machine. without the cds: download cd1-2, give it to the friend, he/she installs it, runs pacman -Sp, gives you the list, you download it, burn it, give it to him/her, and he/she installs it. it just makes live easier. the question is - i think - if the problem about it takes disk space / bandwidth is bigger than the benefit of avoiding the second scenario.
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