Re: [Cooker] Re: iso image files
pablito wrote: Is anyone posting cooker iso files anywhere? I only have a slow T-line connection (about 300kbs) and it's very difficult to download all of the individual files and keep them all matched up so that they install correctly. It would be really helpful to post these iso files, maybe even weekly ones, so that people like me who are just beginning to figure Linux out can see what the new version's like. If you have disk space to download 2 iso files, then you would have the disk space to download the cooker tree and install from it directly using a floppy created from /images/hd.img. This is much faster and avoids the need to burn any CDs. The download of the Cooker tree can be significantly speeded up and space-reduced for users who only want an English_GB installation by using my special perl rsync script designed for this purpose and very popular among users here. The use of rsync guarantees you that everything is kept all matched up. It also converts all file updates to much faster simple patch runs using rsync's superb technology. Read about it and download from: http://members.optushome.com.au/ronst/ Licence is GPL. -- Regards, Ron. [AU]
[Cooker] Re: iso image files
Is anyone posting cooker iso files anywhere? I only have a slow T-line connection (about 300kbs) and it's very difficult to download all of the individual files and keep them all matched up so that they install correctly. It would be really helpful to post these iso files, maybe even weekly ones, so that people like me who are just beginning to figure Linux out can see what the new version's like.
RE: [Cooker] Re: iso image files
Pablito, I made a set of ISO files from the Dec 9th fileset. It's not the newest, but if you want I can probably post them someplace for you. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of pablito Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 11:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cooker] Re: iso image files Is anyone posting cooker iso files anywhere? I only have a slow T-line connection (about 300kbs) and it's very difficult to download all of the individual files and keep them all matched up so that they install correctly. It would be really helpful to post these iso files, maybe even weekly ones, so that people like me who are just beginning to figure Linux out can see what the new version's like.
RE: [Cooker] Re: iso image files
If you post is somewhere, could you let me know. Thanks. On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Chris Young wrote: Pablito, I made a set of ISO files from the Dec 9th fileset. It's not the newest, but if you want I can probably post them someplace for you. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of pablito Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 11:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cooker] Re: iso image files Is anyone posting cooker iso files anywhere? I only have a slow T-line connection (about 300kbs) and it's very difficult to download all of the individual files and keep them all matched up so that they install correctly. It would be really helpful to post these iso files, maybe even weekly ones, so that people like me who are just beginning to figure Linux out can see what the new version's like. -- Xuedong Zhang ---office: (617)353-9148- Cummington St. 44/BME, Boston 02215, MA USA --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://hello.to/xuedong ---
Re: [Cooker] Re: iso image files
Maybe tar-gs-ing the iso image would save some space - that's what GreatBridge (www.GreatBridge.com) is doing with the .iso image of their postgreSQL distribution ... Oleg -- Original Message -- From: "pablito" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:00:04 -0800 That's really nice. I wonder where you could post them. Now that I think of it, it is a chore to post files that large. I was mainly asking if any of the official mirror sites were going to run off iso files and post them. Seems logical, since they already have the files and don't have to send them anywhere. The disk space the internet server allots me is about enough to post the enlightenment rpm and that's about it. -Original Message- From: Xuedong Zhang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chris Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, December 15, 2000 10:43 AM Subject: RE: [Cooker] Re: iso image files If you post is somewhere, could you let me know. Thanks. On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Chris Young wrote: Pablito, I made a set of ISO files from the Dec 9th fileset. It's not the newest, but if you want I can probably post them someplace for you. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of pablito Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 11:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cooker] Re: iso image files Is anyone posting cooker iso files anywhere? I only have a slow T-line connection (about 300kbs) and it's very difficult to download all of the individual files and keep them all matched up so that they install correctly. It would be really helpful to post these iso files, maybe even weekly ones, so that people like me who are just beginning to figure Linux out can see what the new version's like. -- Xuedong Zhang ---office: (617)353-9148- Cummington St. 44/BME, Boston 02215, MA USA --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://hello.to/xuedong ---
RE: [Cooker] Re: iso image files
I agree that it would be better that way. in fact, I thought there was supposed to be a current Cooker ISO set available on linuxberg, but I couldn't find it. I just took the script from the 7.2beta and modified it to fit my needs. It would seem that the mirror could just kick off the same script via cron then there would always be a current cooker iso set. just my $.02 Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of pablito Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 2:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Re: iso image files That's really nice. I wonder where you could post them. Now that I think of it, it is a chore to post files that large. I was mainly asking if any of the official mirror sites were going to run off iso files and post them. Seems logical, since they already have the files and don't have to send them anywhere. The disk space the internet server allots me is about enough to post the enlightenment rpm and that's about it. -Original Message- From: Xuedong Zhang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chris Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, December 15, 2000 10:43 AM Subject: RE: [Cooker] Re: iso image files If you post is somewhere, could you let me know. Thanks. On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Chris Young wrote: Pablito, I made a set of ISO files from the Dec 9th fileset. It's not the newest, but if you want I can probably post them someplace for you. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of pablito Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 11:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cooker] Re: iso image files Is anyone posting cooker iso files anywhere? I only have a slow T-line connection (about 300kbs) and it's very difficult to download all of the individual files and keep them all matched up so that they install correctly. It would be really helpful to post these iso files, maybe even weekly ones, so that people like me who are just beginning to figure Linux out can see what the new version's like. -- Xuedong Zhang ---office: (617)353-9148- Cummington St. 44/BME, Boston 02215, MA USA --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://hello.to/xuedong ---
RE: [Cooker] Re: iso image files
I am just trying to generate the iso by myself using 72beta script. The problem is that seems there is some packages list not matched in file rpmslist For example: qt2 - libqt2 , and so on how do you deal with it? On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Chris Young wrote: I agree that it would be better that way. in fact, I thought there was supposed to be a current Cooker ISO set available on linuxberg, but I couldn't find it. I just took the script from the 7.2beta and modified it to fit my needs. It would seem that the mirror could just kick off the same script via cron then there would always be a current cooker iso set. just my $.02 Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of pablito Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 2:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Re: iso image files That's really nice. I wonder where you could post them. Now that I think of it, it is a chore to post files that large. I was mainly asking if any of the official mirror sites were going to run off iso files and post them. Seems logical, since they already have the files and don't have to send them anywhere. The disk space the internet server allots me is about enough to post the enlightenment rpm and that's about it. -Original Message- From: Xuedong Zhang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chris Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, December 15, 2000 10:43 AM Subject: RE: [Cooker] Re: iso image files If you post is somewhere, could you let me know. Thanks. On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Chris Young wrote: Pablito, I made a set of ISO files from the Dec 9th fileset. It's not the newest, but if you want I can probably post them someplace for you. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of pablito Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 11:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cooker] Re: iso image files Is anyone posting cooker iso files anywhere? I only have a slow T-line connection (about 300kbs) and it's very difficult to download all of the individual files and keep them all matched up so that they install correctly. It would be really helpful to post these iso files, maybe even weekly ones, so that people like me who are just beginning to figure Linux out can see what the new version's like. -- Xuedong Zhang ---office: (617)353-9148- Cummington St. 44/BME, Boston 02215, MA USA --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://hello.to/xuedong --- -- Xuedong Zhang ---office: (617)353-9148- Cummington St. 44/BME, Boston 02215, MA USA --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://hello.to/xuedong ---
RE: [Cooker] Re: iso image files
and the script comes out at the # place where your second image file is - ready to perform # 'cdrecor #cd $mdkISO2DIR #cdrecord -eject -v -data speed=4 dev=4,0 Cooker-CD2.iso -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Xuedong Zhang Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 5:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Cooker] Re: iso image files I am just trying to generate the iso by myself using 72beta script. The problem is that seems there is some packages list not matched in file rpmslist For example: qt2 - libqt2 , and so on how do you deal with it? On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Chris Young wrote: I agree that it would be better that way. in fact, I thought there was supposed to be a current Cooker ISO set available on linuxberg, but I couldn't find it. I just took the script from the 7.2beta and modified it to fit my needs. It would seem that the mirror could just kick off the same script via cron then there would always be a current cooker iso set. just my $.02 Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of pablito Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 2:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Re: iso image files That's really nice. I wonder where you could post them. Now that I think of it, it is a chore to post files that large. I was mainly asking if any of the official mirror sites were going to run off iso files and post them. Seems logical, since they already have the files and don't have to send them anywhere. The disk space the internet server allots me is about enough to post the enlightenment rpm and that's about it. -Original Message- From: Xuedong Zhang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chris Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, December 15, 2000 10:43 AM Subject: RE: [Cooker] Re: iso image files If you post is somewhere, could you let me know. Thanks. On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Chris Young wrote: Pablito, I made a set of ISO files from the Dec 9th fileset. It's not the newest, but if you want I can probably post them someplace for you. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of pablito Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 11:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cooker] Re: iso image files Is anyone posting cooker iso files anywhere? I only have a slow T-line connection (about 300kbs) and it's very difficult to download all of the individual files and keep them all matched up so that they install correctly. It would be really helpful to post these iso files, maybe even weekly ones, so that people like me who are just beginning to figure Linux out can see what the new version's like. -- Xuedong Zhang ---office: (617)353-9148- Cummington St. 44/BME, Boston 02215, MA USA --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://hello.to/xuedong --- -- Xuedong Zhang ---office: (617)353-9148- Cummington St. 44/BME, Boston 02215, MA USA --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://hello.to/xuedong ---
Re: [RE: [Cooker] Re: iso image files]
"Chris Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree that it would be better that way. in fact, I thought there was supposed to be a current Cooker ISO set available on linuxberg, but I couldn't find it. I just took the script from the 7.2beta and modified it to fit my needs. It would seem that the mirror could just kick off the same script via cron then there would always be a current cooker iso set. just my $.02 Chris It is actually not so easy to do since there is no guaranty that cooker is complete. If (e.g.) you decide to make an iso when the kernel is being updated, you will end up with something unusable. Even worse, you could end up with wrong versions in the index files used by the installer because the rpms have been updated after these files were created. When you do your own images, you can at least check that the basic stuff is there, and stop the mirroring. Current is a concept that has no real meaning for something like cooker. Making a total of 4 cts (maybe 3). =-= kk1 Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
RE: [RE: [Cooker] Re: iso image files]
while I realise that there would be a possible sync issue. there are ways to minimize that. CRC of the filenames for example. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying it would be trivial to do, but I am sure it could save a tremendous amount of time for people who can't get a full fileset before the next update. Probably down to about 1 cent now ;-) Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Quel Qun Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 7:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RE: [Cooker] Re: iso image files] "Chris Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree that it would be better that way. in fact, I thought there was supposed to be a current Cooker ISO set available on linuxberg, but I couldn't find it. I just took the script from the 7.2beta and modified it to fit my needs. It would seem that the mirror could just kick off the same script via cron then there would always be a current cooker iso set. just my $.02 Chris It is actually not so easy to do since there is no guaranty that cooker is complete. If (e.g.) you decide to make an iso when the kernel is being updated, you will end up with something unusable. Even worse, you could end up with wrong versions in the index files used by the installer because the rpms have been updated after these files were created. When you do your own images, you can at least check that the basic stuff is there, and stop the mirroring. Current is a concept that has no real meaning for something like cooker. Making a total of 4 cts (maybe 3). =-= kk1 Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
