On 12/19/07, Philip Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 19 December 2007 13:01, Michael Banck wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 02:05:03PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > > > Would it make the life of whoever will do K17 much better if we only > > > shipped a mini-ISO and maybe a first CD? > > > > Maybe we could figure out how to use debian-cd to produce > > non-installing ISOs/DVDs of the rest of the archive (or are you using > > that already, Philip?). This would assume debian-ports.org isn't very > > important for day-to-day packages, which I think is a reasonable > > assumption. > > > > Not sure whether this would have a lot of benefit, but might be worth a > > try. > > K16 was a bad experience because of one off problems. Usually most of the > time is spent on the debian-cd aspect of the iso's. Making the disc > bootable should be no problem, particulary if Calicut produces the > tarball. >
Hi all, We will be updating the status about making our own tarball as soon as possible. This is a learning curve for us here. So it may take some time to complete it. I request all your support for completing this and in effect to reduce the load for Philip. Regards, Raghesh Calicut Team > I had two problems. > The current debian-cd/etch combination is too clever for the Hurd; great > for etch and larry though. The solution was to use an earlier version of > debian-cd running on woody. Debian-cd does sort out dependencies nicely > and enables packages to be placed on the discs in a customised order (to > a degree). > > The slow optical drives. Standard debian-cd DVD iso's will not work and a > work-round had to be found. If the full DVD could have been used all the > arch: hurd packages could have been included on it. The proper solution > here is to speed up the disc access. > > While there is <apt-cdrom add> it does not work on the Hurd, so larger > discs are better for users. > > Phil. > > -- > Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand > +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 027 663 4453 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - personal. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - business > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
