Kelley,
Kelley Terry wrote:
> rsync won't work on the iso images directly. They need to be the same name
> on the receiving side for starters.
I guess, from reading the rest of the post, simply changing the name of
the local iso image to match the remote iso image won't help?
I don't know if you've seen any of my other posts (I've been posting
(different notes) to expert, cooker, and to [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
I've been trying to correct an iso with a bad md5sum (downloaded via
ncftp) by using rsync. I've made a lot of attempts, most of the time I
get a message "unexpected EOF in read_timeout". Do you have any hints
to offer? Is this because I'm attempting to rsync an iso? I have the
iso on a partition with enough empty space for another copy of the iso.
I'm running rsync as root (su'd), and the local copy of the iso is owned
by root with 777 permissions.
PS: If what you describe below is what is required to use rsync to
upgrade from one release to the next, I will second the suggestion. As
a newbie I'd need to see exact instructions on how to assemble the iso
images after rsyncing the modules. (I assume the modules must be
assembled in the proper sequence to get the same md5sum.)
Thanks,
Randy Kramer
I posted a request on the cooker list a
> little while ago with no response. I'll repost it here and maybe enough
> people will show an interest and the people at mandrake might pick up on it.
>
> Just a suggestion here. I only have a 56k dialup connection and I download
> at night. I just finished the 8.0 beta 2 download and now the mirrors
> already have beta 3. The only way my testing or comments (or others in the
> same situation) can be of any use is to have faster access to the betas. If
> some of the mirrors would carry separate rsync modules of each cd (not the
> iso images but the contents of the cd's) the beta versions could be upgraded
> by rsync very quickly. Then all you would need to do is remake the images
> with the correct switches for mkisofs so the md5sums can verify with those of
> the iso images on the servers. This would use more space on the servers but
> normally space isn't an issue compared with the much more expensive internet
> access time which this would save a lot of. Besides saving time more people
> might be willing to try the downloads to give you more testers. How about it?
>
> ps -- This would also work for the upgrade from the beta to the final
> version and if the first beta is pulled from cooker it would also save time
> there .
> --
> "It said uses Windows 95 or better, so I loaded Linux!"
> "In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?"
> Kelley Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
