Great! Spooling to ramdisk is much faster, but you need to have a lot of RAM for large images :-)
If you have any comments regarding the new BT transport, please let us know. One "feature" I'd like to add is turn "si_mkbtimage" a daemon so that you can start/stop seeding as necessary (and also potentially start it up as a service upon boot up). Cheers, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Alex Magaz > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 4:45 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Sisuite-users] bittorrent file size limit? > > Hi Bernard, > Sorry, I forget that we put the /tmp under a 2G partition. > Now the download > works without problems. > > Thanks for the help, > Alex > > El Jueves, 4 de Mayo de 2006 11:51 AM, Bernard Li escribió: > > Hi Alex: > > > > "real console" = real physical console to your client node. > SystemImager > > comes with a virtual console (see si_monitortk). > > > > Which version of SystemImager are you using? And did you > build from source > > or are you using RPMs? > > > > If you're using the code from trunk, there should be a new > package called > > "systemimager-bittorrent" - it contains things like > si_mkbtimage but does > > not include the bittorrent program. However, if you build > from source, > > then those programs will be installed on your system. > > > > Anyways, I use bittorrent 4.2.2 as well and didn't have any > problems (with > > smaller image). Do you think you can try installing with a > smaller image? > > > > BTW, if BITTORRENT_STAGING=/a/tmp it means that it's > spooling to your local > > disk, so as long as you have enough room (which I hope you have), it > > shouldn't really stop. Perhaps you can check the filesize of the > > downloaded tar file in /a/tmp on the console to see if it > is exactly 2GB? > > > > I can also try to test a larger image and see if I > encounter the same > > issue. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Bernard > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf > of Alex Magaz > > Sent: Thu 04/05/2006 02:41 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Sisuite-users] bittorrent file size limit? > > > > El Jueves, 4 de Mayo de 2006 10:04 AM, Bernard Li escribió: > > > Hi Alex: > > > > > > I have tried with smaller images <1GB and it works fine. > I do not think > > > that there is a file size limit with bittorrent. > > > > > > Did you see any error messages in the console output? (If it's not > > > convenient to use a real console perhaps you can try the virtual > > > console). > > > > No, I didn't see any error message, it was only printing > the download > > percentage. Like this: > > > > ... > > percentage done: 32.4% > > percentage done: 32.5% > > percentage done: 0% > > percentage done: 0% > > percentage done: 0% > > ... > > > > I'm not sure what you mean with real console, I tried > switching to another > > virtual console (Alt-Fx) but this was only one. > > > > > On the server, did you use the bittorrent which came with > SystemImager or > > > did you use your own copy? > > > > I used the one from Fedora Core 3 (4.2.2), may be this is > the problem. If > > I'm not wrong, the only SystemImager package that comes > with bittorrent is > > systemimager-<arch>initrd_template. Anyway I will give a > try at the last > > version from fedora. > > > > > Did you spool the image to disk or memory? I'm > > > wondering if you have 2GB of RAM and it was spooling on > your ramdisk and > > > it ran out of room? > > > > I used the kernel command line option > "BITTORRENT_STAGING=/a/tmp" as apear > > in the wiki page. > > > > > Also, I assume you have seen this page: > > > > > > http://wiki.sisuite.org/SystemImager/BitTorrent > > > > Yes, I already read it. > > > > Thanks, > > Alex > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Bernard > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf > of Alex Magaz > > > Sent: Thu 04/05/2006 00:54 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [Sisuite-users] bittorrent file size limit? > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I've been trying with bittorrent installation with an > image of 5.8G > > > (6218659840 bytes). All seemed to work well until the > download of the > > > image reached 32.5%, then percentage dropped to 0% and > nothing more > > > happened. May be there is a 2G limit (32.5% is near 2G)? > Is a limit of > > > the bittorrent client? Someone else have made a > successful installation > > > with bittorrent? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web > services, security? > > > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to > make your job > > > easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 > based on Apache > > > Geronimo > > > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&; > dat=121642 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Sisuite-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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