Re: building or obtaining debian non-free CDs ?
hi ya b
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, B Thomas wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 06:10:48AM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote:
> >
> > if i understand it correctly, jigdo is nice if it allows one to d/l
> > only the new changed files on the cdrom (i have yet to play and test it )
> >
> but you could download full cds with jigdo too.
yup.. along with bit-torrent
bit-torrent is scary .. since one can be downloading from another
bit-torrent user on a 56k dialup line :-)
> >
> > why not just d/l the entire cdrom collection onto the new debian.osu.edu
> > connection and burn your own cd's ?
> >
>
> I have yet to find a single mirror that has non-free images. Without
> jigdo files it would be impracticable to download non-free packages
> from "pool" and make a cd image .
yup ... needing more than 1 cd to boot/install deb or any other linux
seems like an overkill to fill up CDs ( $1 per cd was it or was it $3 or
$5 per cd in the set ?? )
i'm still trying to (ez) unpack the cd -- (ez) move things around -
(ez) -- and re-build the cd on the fly ( more calculat'n ) :-)
finding the latest files/packages is not as trivial
and neither is d/l mirroring 650MB per cd -- or jigdo'ing it
when some of the mirrors limit d/l from their site to 56Kbps
( just need to take a long pepsi-break )
ie ... latest burnt cd will be current as of that
minute - complete w/ patches )
sorta fun project ...
c ya
alvin
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