Randall R Schulz wrote: > On Friday 13 April 2007 15:20, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: > >> ... >> >> And just what the heck are "delta iso's"? Don't even have a clue what >> your talking about! >> > > Perhaps the term "difference ISO" would be more suggestive? They're a > file that tells the program "applydeltaiso" how to modify an existing > ISO file to produce a new one. Hence, "delta", a commonly used > mathematical term for "change." > > They're useful when the changes are small by comparison to either > version of the ISO file itself. > > On the other hand, it often takes hours for applydeltaiso to complete! > > > >> - - >> Billie Walsh >> > > > Randall Schulz > Oh. OK. I sort of understand. When I use Yast to update or install something it says "applying delta" during the install a lot of the time. Kind of like that.
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