On 3/3/06, Edward Dunagin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it seems to be a foggy friday<g> > > On 3/3/06, Peter Buschbacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Am Fr März 3 2006 19:39 schrieb Edward Dunagin: > > > tell me please, is a delta.iso used like a kernel patch? > > > is it applied to the present cd.iso of what? ie is it to be > > > applied to beta5 cd's or beta6 cd's? > > > *******************snip************************** > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ applydeltaiso -h > > usage: applydeltaiso <oldiso> <deltaiso> <newiso> > > > > maybe it gets more clear with a script I used from beta2 to beta3 > > chao > > Peter > > > > #!/bin/bash > > > > #apply all 5 delta isos > > > > ###CONFIGURATION### > > > > # /DIRECTORY no ending/ ! > > OLDDIR=/media/LACIE/opensuse/b2-iso > > DELTADIR=/media/LACIE/opensuse/delta_b2_b3 > > NEWDIR=/media/LACIE/opensuse/iso/10.1_b3 > > > > # e.g. OLDVERS=Beta2 > > OLDVERS=Beta2 > > NEWVERS=Beta3 > > > > ###CONFIGURATION### > > > > for i in 1 2 3 4 5 > > do > > applydeltaiso $OLDDIR/SUSE-10.1-CD-OSS-i386-$OLDVERS-CD$i.iso > > $DELTADIR/SUSE-10.1-CD-OSS-i386-$OLDVERS\_$NEWVERS-CD$i.delta.iso > > $NEWDIR/SUSE-10.1-CD-OSS-i386-$NEWVERS-CD$i.iso > > done > > > i still have a beta4 iso that i download(5cd's) i also downloaded > betat6(5cd's). i noted there are iso's for beta6 called delta.iso's. > > what is the purpose of the delta.iso's? > > i still would like to know.............cheers............ed > > > > > > -- > Edward Dunagin-Dunigan > 4646 Glenwood Drive > Bozeman, MT 59718 > mobile 406-570-0992 > > The delta iso's are iso files that contain deltas for each file on the cd. A delta is the equivalent of a diff or patch file except they are in a human-unreadable binary format that is much smaller than a pach or diff file.
Micah BTW. I have a Windows applydeltaiso.exe I made with cygwin. Do you guys want this?
