Re: Update 2.2r3 images via rsync?
On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> The pseudo-image kit is thought for people who have a local mirror
> and thus could build the images themselfs. The PIK builds half way
> correct isos from local content which needs no bandwidth and then
a bit more than half way - PIK2 builds between 92-97% of the ISO
from a local mirror.
> If you dont have a local mirror to generate the pseudo images from
> the PIK is not for you as its the same problem in either
> transferring the packages individually or the isos.
the other point is that PIK2 relieves some load (cpu and network) on
the debian-cd master, since you don't need to fetch all the packages
from it - you pick your local mirror instead.
this can be significant even at the mirror level (there are probably
20 ? 50 ? debian cd mirrors worldwide) let alone the end user/vendor
people hitting debian-cd.
regards,
-jason
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