On 3/3/06, Micah Makaiwi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > 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
*****************snip********************* OK, i think. should i download and run the beta6.delta.iso against the beta6 cd?
