On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Warly wrote: > "Trent M. Gunnarson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 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. > > I just installed a 8.2 and test, and it works for me, maybe try with the cooker > version. > > > 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 > > This is supposed to be the case, but as mkcd is still in development, it may > suffers some problem. > > > 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. > > I should not be the case. I even test MakeCD on a redhat 8.0 and it works. I can confirm that MakeCD works under RedHat 7.2/7.3. About a month ago I was having problem getting MakeCD to work under RedHat but after exchanging some emails with Warly on the cooker list the problem was diagnosed and fixed.
> This is not the mkcd goal to ease download, use rsync for that. rsync really will do a great job of only tansfering the parts of a file it needs. The only catch is that you need the destination and source files to have the same name. -- Sitsofe | http://sucs.org/~sits/
