On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 11:44, Lance Davis wrote: > On 25 Jul 2002, Philip Hands wrote: > > > OK, so we've had positive reports for i386 & ia64, and no negative > > reports so far. > > > > Should I just assume that all the DVDs that I succeed in building (which > > is still missing a few) are OK, and sign them, or do people think we > > should wait for success reports independently for each arch? > > > > BTW Lance, you've grabbed these, haven't you --- have you tried testing > > the DVDs you're planning on burning? I wouldn't want to sign of the > > source DVDs only to find they're broken in some way. > > I grabbed i386 and source, at the moment I'm producing a dlt tape that > I'll send to the pressing plant, then wait to hear from them that its ok > to use. > > Trouble is they use a proprietary format produced by dvd mastering > software, I said all they needed was an old 486 with a big hard disk > running Debian - I'd send them a dlt containing the iso and all they had > to do was run tar -xvf /dev/nst0 , but they remained unconvinced. So, are they efectively mastering their own ISOs? or are they doing something even more different, like producing UFS DVDs? Cheers, Phil. -- Say no to software patents! http://petition.eurolinux.org/ |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] http://www.hands.com/ |-| HANDS.COM Ltd. http://www.uk.debian.org/ |(| 10 Onslow Gardens, South Woodford, London E18 1NE ENGLAND
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