Re: 2.2r3 test images

2001-05-07 Thread Philip Charles
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Alexander Skwar wrote: > So sprach Philip Charles am Mon, May 07, 2001 at 12:26:07PM +: > > I have just used up the last of a batch of 700 MB discs and I will not be > > using them again. > > Uhm - how do you "measure" the quality of a CDR? I'm also a small vendor, > and

Re: pseudo image kit problems

2001-05-07 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On Sat, 5 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The binary-i386-1_NONUS.list at http://www.uk.debian.org/debian-cd/cd-images > includes /doc/FAQ/html/ that doesn't exists anymore (now there is a > /doc/FAQ/debian-faq.html.tar.gz file instead) As explained in the README, missing files are no prob

Re: Re-re-rsync vs. batch ftp

2001-05-07 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On Thu, 3 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a local copy of 2.2r2 and I'm using (or should I say, 'attempting to > use') pik2 under win98 to upgrade my image to 2.2r3 for burning. > > The pseudo-image portion of the pik2 works fine; my problem is with rsync. > For various reasons, my

Re: 2.2r3 test images

2001-05-07 Thread Wookey
On Mon 07 May, Alexander Skwar wrote: > So sprach Philip Charles am Mon, May 07, 2001 at 12:26:07PM +: > > I have just used up the last of a batch of 700 MB discs and I will not be > > using them again. > > Uhm - how do you "measure" the quality of a CDR? I'm also a small vendor, > and use c

Re: "unimaging" cd images

2001-05-07 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On Tue, 1 May 2001, Aaron Walker wrote: > I have my debian .iso images and I am wanting to "unimage" them and put them > on my computer so that I can install debian on a computer over the LAN. > What program (for winblows since I don't have linux installed yet) can I use > to "unimage" these IS

Re: 2.2r3 test images

2001-05-07 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach Philip Charles am Mon, May 07, 2001 at 12:26:07PM +: > I have just used up the last of a batch of 700 MB discs and I will not be > using them again. Uhm - how do you "measure" the quality of a CDR? I'm also a small vendor, and use cheap (? <1,- DM (USD 0,45)) 700 MB CDR's - upto no

Re: Iso CD

2001-05-07 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, LACOMBE Arnaud wrote: > Hi, > > I found the binarys' ISO for the Potato 2.2r3 at : > http://cdimage.debian.org/cd-images/2.2_rev3/i386 > but there isn't the sources' ISO. Where can I found them ? http://cdimage.debian.org/cd-images/2.2_rev3/source/ But please check http:

Re: 2.2r3 test images

2001-05-07 Thread Philip Charles
On Mon, 7 May 2001, J.A. Bezemer wrote: > Few people are aware that many of "our" old machines have ended up in > developing countries, esp. through the many partnerships that schools/ > universities have with similar institutions there. From what I've heard, Linux > is quite popular there, becau

Re: Using Sony CD Extreme to burn .iso images from Windows

2001-05-07 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, John Baillie wrote: > The Sony CD Extream Build 2.0.723 handles ISO images easily. From the > "File" menu, choose "New Job...". Then select Global-Image or Other > Image. This opens up the CD creation setup GUI, from there manualy > enter the path to the .iso image or browse

Re: 2.2r3 test images

2001-05-07 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On 26 Apr 2001, Philip Hands wrote: > Bernd Hentig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm only aware that the new CD-R 90/99 may pose some problems on > > modern drives and that the CD-R 144/200 need a BIOS or even laser > > upgrade to be read successfully. Maybe it's time for a Debian DVD > > ;-

Re: 2.2r3 test images

2001-05-07 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On 26 Apr 2001, Mark Eichin wrote: > I'd agree with keeping the "standard" limit (though if the automation > eventually got to the point where you could just feed it a "media > size" paramater, that would rock for building zip, jaz, orb, 700M-cd, > flash-card, or other install images. There are

Re: 2.2r3 test images

2001-05-07 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Bernd Hentig wrote: > > Well, nowadays 700 MB CD-R are even cheaper than 650 MB, so I really > don't mind. Is there any *real* reason why the 650 MB limit is still kept ? > I mean, 700 MB CD-R can be read by all modern CDROM drives except 1x/2x > proprietary drives from abo

Re: cd label

2001-05-07 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Will Holcomb wrote: > I worked up a cd label for the 2.2rev2 discs and put it on the web at: > > http://odin.himinbi.org/covers/index.html > > I think they look kinda nice. Agreed ;-) I've added your site to the list. It seems the "debian" text on your labels comes from

Re: rsync vs FTP/HTTP

2001-05-07 Thread jason andrade
On 7 May 2001, Daniel Garcia wrote: > As I sit here creating my ISO image using rsync I think, "Why don't all > the debian mirrors simply carry the ISO image instead of the file > distribution?" Most *NIX implementations have a method to mount an ISO > image as a filesystem, like a loopback mount