On 3/17/06, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carl Lowenstein wrote: > > >On 3/16/06, Vinodh Cuppu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>On 3/16/06, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Also, I just noticed that my Knoppix CD is v3.4 (2004-05-17). Anyone <> >>>care to tell me what is the latest? (Maybe it can deal with LVM?) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>v5 available 2 weeks after CeBIT. (according to > >>http://knopper.net/cebit/index-en.html) > >> > >>v4.0.2 for download now. > >> > >> > > > >I have KNOPPIX_V5.0DVD-2006-02-25-EN.iso sitting here on a disk drive, > >and have made two burned DVDs of it. You can get the .torrent file > >from < http://linuxtracker.org/ >. > > > > > > I'm not sure what is the significance of "the .torrent file". But > regarding the DVDs that you burned, are they bootable? And is Knoppix > now too big to fit on a single CD?
Knoppix has split (forked) into a DVD distribution that has everything, and a CD distribution that has less. The CD distribution for 5.0 is not out yet. > Do you know if this v5 can deal with LVM without tweaking? Haven't tried it yet. > >Tonight there are 842 "seeds", i.e. places that have the full image > >and are sharing it. When I started trying to get it, 4 days ago, > >there was 1 seed, and it took 34 hours to get a full download. Should > >be a lot quicker now. > > > > > > This is the first time I hear the term "seeds" in this context. What is > this? And why would a multitude of them make D/L quicker than just > one? Locale? OK, I have been assuming some background knowledge that is not universal. BitTorrent is a cooperative method for distributing large files. A peer-to-peer scheme. Anyone cooperating in the scheme for a particular file first obtains a description file, called a ".torrent", and then activates a BitTorent client program using the data in the .torrent file. This connects to a central site known as a Tracker. The Tracker keeps an account of who has which parts of the file, and arranges for the "have"s to download to the "have not"s. Of course, after a short period of downloading, you become one of the "have"s and can start uploading pieces to others. From a cold start, files propagate in waves outward from the originating site. Other technical terms: a site that has 100% of a particular file is called a "Seed". Sites that have less than the whole thing are called "Peers". For one look at it, see: < http://www.bittorrent.com/introduction.html > although this seems rather commercial. More answers at: < http://www.dessent.net/btfaq > I myself am using a BitTorrent client named Azureus (written in Java). < http://azureus.sourceforge.net > Hope this helps. carl -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
