Hello All :-) Since before the final release of ver.9, I've been working with several people on creating Mandrake ISOs using the MakeCD script and here's what I've found, with the help and verification of others;
1) While using a standard 8.2 install, the MakeCD script found in the ver.9 distro tree will *not* create ver.9 ISOs. 2) While using a standard 8.2 install and the mkcd rpm created for said version, the ver.9 ISOs *are* made, but are unusable due to dependancy issues. 3) For giggles, I tried #1 & #2 to create ver.8.2 ISOs and got the same results, even after running gendistrib. 4) While using a standard *9.0* install, the MakeCD script found in the ver.9 distro tree *will* create ver.9 ISOs. This leads me to say that maybe MakeCD/mkcd should be pulled from general use until its function can be replaced with a tool that is; 1) Standalone binary 2) Version independant When I found the MakeCD script, I had high hopes that I'd be able to rsync the package mirror and create ISO's when the the distro became *Final Release*, then I'd be able to upgrade my home network using the shiny new cds. I've since discovered that in order to create cds, one needs to have already upgraded. This seems a bit counterproductive. Also, wouldn't it be great if the mirrors only had to host either the ISOs *OR* the package tree and not both ? Wouldn't it be fantastic if newbies could download a simple package with no dependancies (maybe even work in windows) that would create a set of ISOs using wget or rsync instead of tying up the bandwidth for days getting ISO images whole ? How about a tool that would even take those ISOs that were created and *update* them ? *BEHOLD* <snip> Jigdo (which stands for "Jigsaw Download") was written by Richard Atterer and is released under the GNU GPL. It's a tool that allows efficient downloading and updating of an ISO image. Any ISO image. Jigdo is not Debian specific, however Debian has chosen it to be the prefered method of downloading ISO images. http://atterer.net/jigdo </snip> *PLEASE* look into this as an option to replace mkcd. It would save tons of money in hosting and bandwidth as well as providing a much better tool for the end user. -- Sincerely, Trent M. Gunnarson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
