Re: Live 5.0.0 i386 is maybe not i386

[Chris Bannister]

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:57:08AM +0100, Richard Atterer wrote:
> So unfortunately the standard Debian installer is not the right choice for 
> you. Try a distribution specialized for low-spec machines, e.g. 
> ! Once installed, you may be able to convert it 
> into a normal Debian installation.

You can, but it is quite a lot of work[1] to get to a *pure* Debian system.
It is not called damnsmalllinux for nothing. :)

It was a while ago when I did it. (It was based on Sarge.)

-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 16479 2006-02-28 10:03 
/usr/share/doc/dsl/getting_started.html

Mmmm ... still got gremlins.
chr...@box:~$ ls -al /opt/
total 32
drwxrwsr-x  6 root staff 4096 2007-12-22 02:49 .
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root  4096 2008-09-29 02:23 ..
-rw-rw-r--  1 root staff0 2004-08-10 16:54 .backup_device
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root  4096 2004-11-17 18:39 .firefox_plugins
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2004-11-13 06:32 apsfilter
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root staff   12 2007-09-21 18:16 monkey -> monkey-0.9.1
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root  4096 2005-05-18 07:14 monkey-0.9.1
-rwxrwxr-x  1 root root   213 2005-07-01 09:53 powerdown.sh
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 0 2003-12-14 01:24 printcap
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2004-11-13 06:32 samba
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff   17 2008-10-24 18:24 timezone

[1] For one thing, they have a lot of customised config files and just 
blindly replacing them is not recommended.

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zsync support in Debian?

[Petr Slansky]

Gentlemen,

I would like t ask you to add support for ZSYNC client, to be able to download
CD/DVD images with ZSYNC client that is already in Debian repository.

ZSYNC client uses protocol similar to RSYNC but without RSYNC support at
server side, all processing is done at client side without performance impact
to the server. ZSYNC client only needs a file with pre-calculated data to be
stored at server. ZSYNC file is similar to JIGDO file. Creation of ZSYNC files
can be automated and is not difficult.

Do you think you can create ZSYNC files for all CD and DVD images in Debian?

Example

Current JIDGO file:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.0/i386/jigdo-dvd/debian-500-i386-DVD-1.jigdo

I would like to see something like this:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.0/i386/zsync-dvd/debian-500-i386-DVD-1.zsync

I expect you understand RSYNC protocol and you know that it can save a lot of
downloading in some situations (when you have some previous version of the
CD/DVD image). ZSYNC offers the same advantages like RSYNC but it is easier to
use and doesn't require special support from the server. Just add one "small"
file for every CD/DVD image you have and inform end users... ;-)

This proposal was already raised in Ubuntu.

Idea in Ubuntu:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7590/

More technical details, examples how to create ZSYNC file for ISO image, etc:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zsync/+bug/301289

ZSYNC home site:
http://zsync.moria.org.uk/

With regards,
Petr

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