Re: 2.0-beta CD Image mirror sites ?
Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > Could those of you who have grabbed, or are intending to grab the cd images > from www.uk.debian.org, and then offer them for anon access, please mail me, > so I can add your sites to the list of mirrors. > > For more info about how to grab them from www.uk see this: > > http://www.uk.debian.org/debian-cd/ > > We could do with some sites in the USA (remember to skip the > > non-us-non-free.raw > > image though ;-) > > Cheers, Phil. In what formats are those images provided? It would be nice to download the image in parts including md5sums and to have some additional error correction chunks like ras provides. I know that it would multiply the size requirements if various chunk sizes are provided, but maybe one could make a small programm to download a chunk of a given size. The programm would then split up the image and send the respective chunk, similar to what split does, but with a parameter for which chunk one wants. May the Source be with you. Mrvn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2.0-beta CD Image mirror sites ?
Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In what formats are those images provided? Single ISO image per CD. > It would be nice to download the image in parts including md5sums and > to have some additional error correction chunks like ras provides. For the final release, this is probably worth the effort, but I'm a bit busy at present --- if one of the mirrors (whoever they are) wants to have a go, feel free. Cheers, Phil. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2.0-beta CD Image mirror sites ?
Previously Brederlow wrote: > In what formats are those images provided? > It would be nice to download the image in parts including md5sums and > to have some additional error correction chunks like ras provides. You're just describing how rsync works. rsync retrieves the file in parts and compares checksums. And later you can update with rsync: it just compares checksums of parts and replaces only changed blocks. Wichert. -- == This combination of bytes forms a message written to you by Wichert Akkerman. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~wichert/ pgpFPmSgZBU2i.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: 2.0-beta CD Image mirror sites ?
> > --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Previously Brederlow wrote: > > In what formats are those images provided? > > It would be nice to download the image in parts including md5sums and > > to have some additional error correction chunks like ras provides. > > You're just describing how rsync works. rsync retrieves the file in > parts and compares checksums. And later you can update with rsync: > it just compares checksums of parts and replaces only changed blocks. The problem with rsync at the moment is that if the transfer is interrupted, it throws away the partial image --- Andrew Tridgell said he'd fix this though. In the mean time I'd either use wget (which can continue interrupted transfers), and use HTTP, or do this: rsync the file, once it starts arriving, link the incoming file to a second name: ln .binary-i386.raw.a123456 binary-i386-saved-copy if you get a partial reception, mv the saved file to the proper name: mv binary-i386-saved-copy binary-i386.raw and re-do the rsync (and the saved-copy link) You'll need more disk space this way, because rsync keeps the old file untill all the new one arrives. If you use wget, and find that the md5sum that results is wrong, you should be able to fix any trasmission errors with rsync in short order, because it will only send the difference beween your broken copy and the real one. This is mostly covered here: http://www.uk.debian.org/debian-cd/ Cheers, Phil. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2.0-beta CD Image mirror sites ?
Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem with rsync at the moment is that if the transfer is > interrupted, it throws away the partial image --- Andrew Tridgell said > he'd fix this though. ... > If you use wget, and find that the md5sum that results is wrong, you > should be able to fix any trasmission errors with rsync in short > order, because it will only send the difference beween your broken > copy and the real one. If this is the case, it seems like you could pad out the file using dd >. and then use rsync to "correct the changes". -- Raul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2.0-beta CD Image mirror sites ?
> Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem with rsync at the moment is that if the transfer is > > interrupted, it throws away the partial image --- Andrew Tridgell said > > he'd fix this though. > ... > > If you use wget, and find that the md5sum that results is wrong, you > > should be able to fix any trasmission errors with rsync in short > > order, because it will only send the difference beween your broken > > copy and the real one. > > If this is the case, it seems like you could pad out the file > using dd >. and then use rsync to "correct the > changes". No need to dd, rsync just handles it anyway. Cheers, Phil. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
