Dear Debianists,
How much commonality exists between the i386 versions of Etch or Sarge and
the AMD 64 version of Etch?
Let me explain what I mean a little more.
I have Sarge 3.1r4 on DVD. I also have Sarge 3.1r3 on CD. All of it.
As I understand it I could use jigdo to sniff through the DVD iso images (or
the CDs) and pull out common packages with the RC1 i386 version of Etch
while simultaneously downloading packages from the Debian mirror sites to
synthesise either DVD or CD images of the Etch distribution.....
I am going to do this as an exercise to learn about jigdo and also to find
the most efficient way of downloading a full distribution from the mirror
sites.
I use a number of computers that are not connected to the internet so I need
CDs and DVDs. But I want to become proficient enough with jigdo to reduce
the antisocial load that I might place on the servers. This important to
me.
I have been looking at a barebones box made by Novatech that is pretty cheap
and contains an AMD 3000 Sempron chip and some RAM and an on board graphics
card.
I might buy this box and add a DVD drive and a 40GB drive to it. You guys
can lobby for extra RAM or other features that I should add to it or even
that I should go for an AMD Athlon 64 chip instead. I am open to
suggestions on this.
But the point is that as far as I understand it either an AMD Sempron 3000
chip or AMD Athlon 64 chip would run a 64 bit OS i.e. the Etch AMD64 version
of the Debian OS.
Correct me if I am wrong.
If I wanted to make DVDs or CDs of the whole AMD64 Etch distribution would
there be enough overlap of identical files between Sarge 3.1 i386 and the
Etch AMD 64 bit distribution (or indeed the i386 version of Etch itself) to
justify using it as a template for jigdo speed up the AMD64 bit download?
Comments appreciated.
By the way, here is the spec on the proposed AMD Sempron 3000 barebones box:
Motherboard
Form Factor Micro ATX
Socket Type 754 Pin
Compatible Processors AMD Athlon 64 and Sempron, Socket 754 (754-pin),
1600MT/s
Cache Level 2 Size 128 KB
Chipset SiS760GX + 964
Max FSB 1600MT/s
IDE Type 2 x ATA/133 + 2 x SATA/150 (w/ RAID) Supports RAID 0 and 1
Max Bus Speed 1600 MT/s
Graphics Integrated SiS high-performance graphics controller plus AGP 8X
slot Supports up to 128MB shared system memory
Expansion Slots 1 x AGP 8X, 3 x PCI
Memory Single channel, unbuffered, 2.5V DDR266/333/400, (2) 184-pin DIMM
sockets, max 2GB
Audio Integrated, 5.1 channel AC97 (ADI)
LAN Integrated Fast Ethernet (10/100) MAC + PHY (Realtek)
USB Up to 8: 4 in rear I/O area + 2 internal 2-port headers: ver. 2.0
IO 1 x PS/2 keyboard 1 x PS/2 mouse 1 x RJ45 (LAN) 4 x USB 2.0 1 x
line-in/line-out/mic (audio) 1 x parallel (SPP/ECP/EPP) 1 x COM
(16550-compatible UART) 1 x VGA (integrated video)
Supplied Memory
Installed Memory 1x 512Mb 400Mhz PC3200 184pin
Free Slots 1 Free Slot
Processor
Interface Type 754 Pin
Clock Speed 1.8 GHz
Architecture Features 3DNow! Professional technology, streaming SIMD
extensions 2, HyperTransport technology, integrated memory controller
Performance Index 3000+
Heatsink & Fan
Interface Type 3 Pin
Material Alloy Copper Dot
Maximum CPU Support AMD 4000 San Diego
Case
Chassis Midi ATX Tower
Colour Black & Silver
PSU Size 400Watt
Drive Bays 5.24" x 4
Drive Bays 3.5" x 6 (4 Hidden)
Dimensions 415mm(H) x 200mm(W) x 480mm(D)
Price £139.82 inc VAT (sales tax)
This compares with the AMD Athlon 64 barebones box:
Motherboard
Form Factor ATX
Socket Type 939 Pin
Compatible Processors AMD Athlon AMD Dual Core AMD Athlon FX 2000MT/s
Chipset NVIDIA C51G
Max FSB 2000MT/s
IDE Type 2 x ATA/133 + 2 x SATA/300 (w/ RAID) Supports RAID 0 and 1
Max Bus Speed 2000 MT/s
Graphics 1 x PCIe x16
Expansion Slots 1 x PCI Express x16, 3 x PCI
Memory Dual channel, unbuffered, 1.8V DDR 400 (4) 184-pin DIMM sockets, max
4GB
Audio Integrated, 5.1 channel AC97 (Realtek)
LAN 1 x 10/100 Realtek
USB Up to 8: 4 in rear I/O area + 2 internal 2-port headers: ver. 2.0
IO 1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x RJ45 (LAN)
4 x USB 2.0
1 x line-in/line-out/mic (audio)
1 x parallel (SPP/ECP/EPP)
1 x COM (16550-compatible UART)
1 x VGA (integrated video)
Supplied Memory
Installed Memory 1x 512Mb 400Mhz PC3200 184pin
Processor
Interface Type 939 Pin
Clock Speed 2.2 GHz
Cache Level 2 Size 512 KB
Architecture Features 3DNow! Professional technology, streaming SIMD
extensions 2, HyperTransport technology, integrated memory controller
Performance Index 3500+
Heatsink & Fan
Interface Type 3 Pin
Material Alloy Copper Dot
Maximum CPU Support AMD 4000 San Diego
Case
Chassis Midi ATX Tower
Colour Black
PSU Size 400 Watt
Drive Bays 5.24" x 4
Drive Bays 3.5" x 6 (2 Hidden)
Dimensions 415mm(H) x 200mm(W) x 480mm(D)
Price £175.07
Your comments on this are appreciated as well.
I also installed the jigdo (GTK download manager), jigdo-file and jigit
packages. It seems as though the jigdo download manager program isn't much
use for doing this at present. Correct me if I am wrong.
Regards,
Michael Fothergill
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