Re: Ideas/Questions about Jigdo...
On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 09:19:41PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: I'm curious about the process of creating Official iso images. How is it done? There must be a directory tree that is populated with package files, some programs that support the installation of a Debian GNU/Linux system on the HD, another Debian GNU/Linux system that runs from the CD, and an autoboot program. Are these placed in the image manually, somehow? Are there scripts that automate some of the process? What special skills are required? How many individual Debian developers are considered fully capable of performing this task which seems to me rather daunting? Is there a document in the Debian archives that discusses this? See the debian-cd package. It contains the Makefiles and scripts needed to generate CD images and makes it (nearly) fool-proof, so long as you have easy access to a mirror. -- Steve McIntyre, Plasmon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh My God! They Killed init! You Bastards! Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, Tongue-tied twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: state of the cdrom mirrors report
era eriksson wrote: I'm afraid your definition of down is a bit restrictive. I believe that e.g. mirrors.sunsite.dk will actually work for users in .dk but not allow access to others. I'm not sure if this is a happy solution, but the benefit of their mirroring anything at all is certainly questionable if there will be no link to their mirror, don't you think? There are two possible fixes I think. Either I can add a manual override system to the thing, or once we settle on what machine will be running the test script, mirror admins can make sure that that machine is allowed in (may not work for sunsite type systems of course). Overrides would be easy anyway, and I'll see about adding them if the script ever gets into cvs. BTW, I've managed to get onto mirrors.sunsite.dk from the US just now. -- see shy jo msg04951/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
422 Genealogy Databases
Genealogy Research Service 422 Genealogy Databases My rates are as low as $1.50 per research database lookup including the first instance of the requested name and $1.50 for each additional instance of that requested name and for additional requested names within the current database. Below is a scrollable list of my current research databases: (If the scrollable list is not displayed below, it is located also in the attachment.) --Birth Records-- --- 0010-Birth Records: Southern PA, 1680- 1800 0015-Birth Records: US and Europe 900- 1880 0020-Birth Records: British Isles, A-C #2 0025-Birth Records: British Isles, D-I #3 0030-Birth Records: British Isles, J-Q #4 0035-Birth Records: British Isles, R-Z #5 0040-Birth Records: North America, A-C #1 --Cemetery Records-- 0100-Cemetery Records: Salt Lake City, 1848-1992 --Census Databases--- --- 0200-Census Database: 1850 Census Schedules 0205-Census Database: 1881 British Census, East Anglia Region #1 0210-Census Database: 1881 British Census, Greater London Region, London, Middlesex, A-L #1 0215-Census Database: 1881 British Census, Greater London Region, London, Middlesex, M-Z CD 2 0220-Census Database: 1881 British Census, Midlands Region, West Counties A-Z 0225-Census Database: 1881 British Census, North Central Region York A-L #3 0230-Census Database: 1881 British Census, North Central Region York M-Z 0235-Census Database: 1881 British Census, Northern Borders & Miscellary Region #1 0240-Census Database: 1881 British Census, Scotland Region, Highland Counties #1 0245-Census Database: 1881 British Census, Scotland Region, Lowland County #2 0250-Census Database: 1881 British Census, Southwestern Region, #1 0255-Census Database: African Americans in the 1870 Census 0260-Census Database: IA 1860 0265-Census Database: UK 1851 --Census Index Databases--- - 0300-Census Indexes Database: 1840 US Census Index: Mid-Atlantic 0305-Census Indexes Database: 1881 British Census, Index A-B #1 0310-Census Indexes Database: 1881 British Census, Index C-Em #2 0315-Census Indexes Database: 1881 British Census, Index En-Hn #3 0320-Census Indexes Database: 1881 British Census, Index Hi-L #4 0325-Census Indexes Database: 1881 British Census, Index M-O #5 0330-Census Indexes Database: 1881 British Census, Index P-R #6 0335-Census Indexes Database: 1881 British Census, Index S-T #7 0340-Census Indexes Database: 1881 British Census, Index U-Z #8 0345-Census Indexes Database: Baltimore, Chicago & St.Louis, 1870 0350-Census Indexes Database: Colonial 1607-1789 0355-Census Indexes Database: CT,MA,ME,NH,RI & VT 1900s 0360-Census Indexes Database: DE,DC,MD,PA,OH,VA & WV 1900 0365-Census Indexes Database: GA 1870 0370-Census Indexes Database: ID 1910 0375-Census Indexes Database: MA 1870 0380-Census Indexes Database: NC,SC 1870 0385-Census Indexes Database: NY City 1870 0390-Census Indexes Database: OH 1880 0395-Census Indexes Database: Ontario, CN 1871 0400-Census Indexes Database: PA,DE,NJ 1850 0405-Census Indexes Database: US Selected Counties 1790 0410-Census Indexes Database: US Selected Counties 1800 0415-Census Indexes Database: US Selected Counties 1810 0420-Census Indexes Database: US Selected Counties 1820 0425-Census Indexes Database: US Selected Counties 1830 0430-Census Indexes Database: US Selected Counties 1840 0435-Census Indexes Database: US Selected Counties 1850 0440-Census Indexes Database: US Selected Counties 1860 0445-Census Indexes Database: US Selected Counties 1870 0450-Census Indexes Database: US Selected Counties 1880 0455-Census Indexes Database: VA,WV 1870 0460-Census Indexes Database: VA,WV,NC,KY 1870 0465-Census Indexes Database: Western PA 1870 0470-Census Indexes Database: Western PA 1870 --Census Microfilm Databases--- - 0500-Census Microfilm Database: AL,AR,LA & MS 1850 #1 0505-Census Microfilm Database: AL,AR,LA & MS 1850 #2 0510-Census Microfilm Database: AL,AR,LA & MS 1850 #3 0515-Census Microfilm Database: AL,AR,LA & MS 1850 #4 0520-Census Microfilm Database: AL,AR,LA & MS 1850 #6 0525-Census Microfilm Database: CA,NM,OR,TX & UT 1850 #1 0530-Census
Re: Ideas/Questions about Jigdo...
On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 09:19:41PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: I'm curious about the process of creating Official iso images. How is it done? There must be a directory tree that is populated with package files, some programs that support the installation of a Debian GNU/Linux system on the HD, another Debian GNU/Linux system that runs from the CD, and an autoboot program. Are these placed in the image manually, somehow? Are there scripts that automate some of the process? What special skills are required? How many individual Debian developers are considered fully capable of performing this task which seems to me rather daunting? Is there a document in the Debian archives that discusses this? See the debian-cd package. It contains the Makefiles and scripts needed to generate CD images and makes it (nearly) fool-proof, so long as you have easy access to a mirror. -- Steve McIntyre, Plasmon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh My God! They Killed init! You Bastards! Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, Tongue-tied twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I...
Re: state of the cdrom mirrors report
era eriksson wrote: I'm afraid your definition of down is a bit restrictive. I believe that e.g. mirrors.sunsite.dk will actually work for users in .dk but not allow access to others. I'm not sure if this is a happy solution, but the benefit of their mirroring anything at all is certainly questionable if there will be no link to their mirror, don't you think? There are two possible fixes I think. Either I can add a manual override system to the thing, or once we settle on what machine will be running the test script, mirror admins can make sure that that machine is allowed in (may not work for sunsite type systems of course). Overrides would be easy anyway, and I'll see about adding them if the script ever gets into cvs. BTW, I've managed to get onto mirrors.sunsite.dk from the US just now. -- see shy jo pgppd2Hvk1CwI.pgp Description: PGP signature
