On Wednesday 08 January 2003 02:54 pm, Marcel Kunath wrote: > Since Debian has blown up in size so much the chance is unfortunately nil. > We looked at creating a Debian 3.0r1 Update CD (with some automation > inside) but even this task is problematic because this business is less > familiar with the Debian architecture. > > We were looking for a real simple efficient and if possible automated way > to have Debian 3.0r1 installed using a Debian 3.0r0 CD set with 3.0r1 > Update CD. We could not come up with one. In comparison in Gentoo's case: > > mv /mnt/cdrom/* /usr/portage/distfiles > emerge -u world > > would do the job. > > Our Debian customers rely on us because they mostly have download limits or > use dial-up to gain access to Debian. It is simply uneconomical to download > 7 isos for 11 architectures every time Debian does a new release.
Have you considered using 'jigdo' ? I updated my 7 cd's in a few hours using jigdo. Jigdo basically downloads the difference between the old & new cd images then builds a new iso. The DVD is the way to go though :) -- Greg Madden
