Re: pseudo-image-kit-2.0

2002-01-14 Thread Jesse Goerz
On Sunday 13 January 2002 22:03, Paul E Condon wrote: > Sorry about original post. Fumble fingers sent message before > it was finished. > It should have contained a the following lines from the > README: > >If you are unsure about the exact location of the files on > the rsync server, you can

Re: pseudo-image-kit-2.0

2002-01-13 Thread Paul E Condon
Paul E Condon wrote: I am trying to use and understand pseudo-image-kit. I have many questions. I will start with one specific question, but also I request pointer to in-depth information. My specific question is: What do the following lines from the README. mean? What should I type to effect

pseudo-image-kit-2.0

2002-01-13 Thread Paul E Condon
I am trying to use and understand pseudo-image-kit. I have many questions. I will start with one specific question, but also I request pointer to in-depth information. My specific question is: What do the following lines from the README. mean? What should I type to effect the query that is

Re: pseudo-image-kit

2001-12-18 Thread dman
made on a Debian system. | > I can't remember any exceptions, in any case. | > | > psuedo-image-kit should be available in Debian. Why it has never | > been packaged, I don't know. Most likely it is just that nobody | > has ever bothered. | | Just for the benefit of a curi

Re: pseudo-image-kit

2001-12-18 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
> Just for the benefit of a curious dope, what is pseudo-image-kit? > and what > does it do that people find useful? > > Paul It is used to create CD images from local or distant storespaces.

Re: pseudo-image-kit

2001-12-17 Thread Paul E Condon
n any case. > > psuedo-image-kit should be available in Debian. Why it has never been > packaged, I don't know. Most likely it is just that nobody has ever > bothered. > > noah > > Just for the benefit of a curious dope, what is pseudo-image-kit? and what does it do that people find useful? Paul

Re: pseudo-image-kit

2001-12-17 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 02:48:43PM -0500, dman wrote: > > If you need the psuedo-image-kit, then you want to install debian but > don't have it yet, thus you can't use dpkg/apt/dselect/whatever to get > the psuedo-image-kit. > So you are claiming that we do not support the creation of Debian cds

Re: pseudo-image-kit

2001-12-17 Thread dman
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 11:27:39AM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: | I started to play with the CD pseudo image kit this morning, and I was | just wondering why the kit is not included in the distribution? The | first place I looked for it was in dselect | | I am using stable, and when

pseudo-image-kit

2001-12-17 Thread Keith O'Connell
I started to play with the CD pseudo image kit this morning, and I was just wondering why the kit is not included in the distribution? The first place I looked for it was in dselect I am using stable, and when woody becomes the new stable I shall create my cd's this way, so why do I have t

Re: [debian-user] still floundering -> PSEUDO-IMAGE

2001-11-03 Thread Andrew Agno
> If "the Lloyder" wants another install idea I've always had good success > by doing minimum floppy disk installs and using apt-get to download > further packages. I'd have to agree with this. It's extremely easy to do. You can also download a bunch of stuff onto a (spare) partition first,

Re: [debian-user] still floundering -> PSEUDO-IMAGE

2001-11-03 Thread dman
er) before attempting the pseudo-image | generation." | | whereas the website | (http://cdimage.debian.org/rsync-mirrors.html) reads | | Note: These sites do NOT offer the images via FTP or HTTP | -- no use in trying! Instead, they use the rsync protocol, | which is much more efficient.

Re: [debian-user] still floundering -> PSEUDO-IMAGE

2001-11-03 Thread Adam Warner
On Sat, 2001-11-03 at 18:54, Blars Blarson wrote: > The pseudo-image kit is an overly-complicated dificult to use solution > to a problem that was temporary. It attempts to distribute the > bandwidth utilization, but it actually winds up increasing it in > almost all instances. >

Re: [debian-user] still floundering -> PSEUDO-IMAGE

2001-11-02 Thread Blars Blarson
The pseudo-image kit is an overly-complicated dificult to use solution to a problem that was temporary. It attempts to distribute the bandwidth utilization, but it actually winds up increasing it in almost all instances. Ignore pik and just download the diban iso images. http://linuxiso.org

[debian-user] still floundering -> PSEUDO-IMAGE

2001-11-02 Thread lloyder
go back to the Linux with the red hat nor the magically one ... yet ... So know I am using THE PSEUDO-IMAGE KIT VERSION 2.0, to get the R3 image. As Karsten M. Self so apt'ly (pun intended) put it, "docs are frequently outdated". I do not imagine that it was done in spite

RE: Downloading Woody with pseudo-image kit

2001-09-26 Thread Yago Alvarado
> Hello. Is there some way of making a Woody CD using the > pseudo image kit? The most recent one I could find was: ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/woody/ There you can download the .raw and .raw.list files Then using rsync you should be able to create the .ISO fr

Downloading Woody with pseudo-image kit

2001-09-26 Thread Andrew Nesbit
Hello. Is there some way of making a Woody CD using the pseudo image kit? All Debian FTP archives for Woody seem to be missing many packages which are clearly listed in the packages list on the main website. Why is this? For example, I cannot find the XFree86 4.1.0 package on any FTP site. I also

Re: pseudo-image method & .list files (was Re: Debian Issues!!)

2001-07-31 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 11:56:20AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 02:18:03PM +0100, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > I guess Jaimos is thinking that it's worth cutting down the .list > > files to only the packages you need. In fact, unless you're short on > >

pseudo-image method & .list files (was Re: Debian Issues!!)

2001-07-28 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 02:18:03PM +0100, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > >on Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 03:51:14PM -0700, Jaimos F. Skriletz > >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> > >> First I will like to say that your meathod is intivative and I > >> understand your

cd pseudo image...

2001-07-27 Thread Israel Evans
Hello there good people! I've just finished making my pseodo image and had one particular error come up that has me worried. after I transform the pseudo-image into the official cd image I get "ERROR: file corruption in binary-i386-1.iso . File changed during transfer?"

Re: pseudo-image

2001-06-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, May 30, 2001 at 06:23:09PM -0500, howard n perkins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > hi im having problems using the pseudo-image kit install. i get the > kit downloaded and umziped and i get the .list files but when i goto > make the image file its self and start downloading ever

pseudo-image

2001-05-30 Thread howard n perkins
hi im having problems using the pseudo-image kit install. i get the kit downloaded and umziped and i get the .list files but when i goto make the image file its self and start downloading everything it gets to the readme-non-us and then it says its getting the file and then it just sits

Pseudo Image Kit

2001-05-02 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
Hi, I'm trying to use the pseudo image kit to build iso images from R3. I got the .list files, ran make-pseudo-image script, got the 650MB files and now I'm going to run rsync to transform the pseudo-image files in real iso9660 files. My doubt is: the pseudo-i

Re: 2.2r3 and pseudo-image

2001-04-17 Thread John Griffiths
At 10:10 PM 4/17/2001 -0400, Rob Mahurin wrote: >On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 08:48:22PM -0700, Pann McCuaig wrote: >> I have an iso image of 2.2r2 binary 1, built using the pseudo-image kit. >> >> Q: Can I loop mount this puppy and use rsync to convert it to 2.2r3 >>

Re: 2.2r3 and pseudo-image

2001-04-17 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 08:48:22PM -0700, Pann McCuaig wrote: > I have an iso image of 2.2r2 binary 1, built using the pseudo-image kit. > > Q: Can I loop mount this puppy and use rsync to convert it to 2.2r3 >binary 1? I converted a 2.2r1 image to 2.2r2 by using rsync on the f

Re: 2.2r3 and pseudo-image

2001-04-17 Thread Ansel Sermersheim
>>>>> "Nathan" == Nathan E Norman writes: Nathan> On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 08:48:22PM -0700, Pann McCuaig wrote: >> Feel free to point me at a FM to R. >> >> I have an iso image of 2.2r2 binary 1, built using the pseudo-image >> kit. >>

Re: 2.2r3 and pseudo-image

2001-04-17 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 08:48:22PM -0700, Pann McCuaig wrote: > Feel free to point me at a FM to R. > > I have an iso image of 2.2r2 binary 1, built using the pseudo-image kit. > > Q: Can I loop mount this puppy and use rsync to convert it to 2.2r3 >binary 1? > > Se

Re: 2.2r3 and pseudo-image

2001-04-17 Thread Kevin Easton
CTED]> To: "Debian Users" Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 1:48 PM Subject: 2.2r3 and pseudo-image > Feel free to point me at a FM to R. > > I have an iso image of 2.2r2 binary 1, built using the pseudo-image kit. > > Q: Can I loop mount this puppy and use rsync to conver

2.2r3 and pseudo-image

2001-04-16 Thread Pann McCuaig
Feel free to point me at a FM to R. I have an iso image of 2.2r2 binary 1, built using the pseudo-image kit. Q: Can I loop mount this puppy and use rsync to convert it to 2.2r3 binary 1? Seems like it should be do-able, and minimize bandwidth hogging. Cheers, Pann -- geek by nature, Linux

pseudo-image-kit-2.0 Missing Files

2001-02-01 Thread Sébastien Gingras
Ok, I just downloaded from another FTP site and it still doesn't have CYGWIN1.DLL Ok...had a stupid idea, and it seems like the files on my computers where set on don't show system files! Damn that was stupid. Ok...this should work! Damn...Sorry for the space I took on your drives for nothing!

anyone try using pseudo-image kit...keep getting *** Error: getline(): not interactive, use stdio. error

2000-10-17 Thread Walter Tautz
when trying to run ./make-pseudo-image binary-i386-1.list ftp://ftp.ca.debian.org for example seems to occur for other ftp sites... there is a note in the readme about using wget instead of ncftp but it puts too much load on the ftp server. Should I be running as root perhaps? -walter

Re: pseudo-image kit: where to get binary-*.list

2000-09-08 Thread Hugo van der Merwe
On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 02:16:41PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I got them from http://cdimage.debian.org/cd-images/2.2_rev0/i386/ . > > Cheers > Matthias Thanks, Hugo

Re: pseudo-image kit: where to get binary-*.list

2000-09-08 Thread rose
I got them from http://cdimage.debian.org/cd-images/2.2_rev0/i386/ . Cheers Matthias On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: | From: Hugo van der Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 12:04:29 +0200 | Subject: pseudo-image kit: where to get binary-*.list | | Hello,

pseudo-image kit: where to get binary-*.list

2000-09-08 Thread Hugo van der Merwe
Hello, I have d/l'ed the pseudo image kit, and need the binary-i386-?.list's... however, the site mentioned in the readme, http://www.uk.debian.org/debian-cd/cd-images, does not exist. Where do I find the .list files? Please CC to me. I do not subscribe to debian-user, and have limite

Re: Trouble with pseudo-image-kit

2000-08-22 Thread Quietman
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 12:48:44AM +0100, Quietman wrote: > Now that Potato is stable, I decided to create my own CD-set using the > pseudo-image kit. It all seemed to go well with no errors, md5sum checks > out okay. The CD can be mounted on my Debian box, but the Windows box

Trouble with pseudo-image-kit

2000-08-22 Thread Quietman
Hi all, Now that Potato is stable, I decided to create my own CD-set using the pseudo-image kit. It all seemed to go well with no errors, md5sum checks out okay. The CD can be mounted on my Debian box, but the Windows box doesn't recognise it and the CD doesn't boot either. Is this nor

Re: pseudo-image-kit (for Windows) problem

2000-08-01 Thread Lawrence H. Robins
gh. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum <http://dm.net> I need CDs because the computer on which I plan to install Debian (home) is not the same as the computer with the fast net connection (work). I did manage to work around the pseudo-image-kit(Windows

Re: pseudo-image-kit (for Windows) problem

2000-07-29 Thread Carl Fink
On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 09:35:25PM -0400, Lawrence H. Robins wrote: > (If the problem can't be solved, of course the alternatives are to > download the entire CD image file via FTP or HTTP from a site like > http://aurolinux.mit.edu, or just wait until the official release > when the CDs can be or

pseudo-image-kit (for Windows) problem

2000-07-29 Thread Lawrence H. Robins
I was trying to use the pseudo-image kit for Windows (pseudo-image-kit-2.0.zip) to generate CD images of Debian 2.2 (Potato) test cycle 3. (I am not yet a Debian user. but decided to try to get started this way.) I read the instructions in the pseudo-image kit and executed the following exact

Re: make-pseudo-image

2000-06-17 Thread Andrew Dixon
-- Original Message -- From: Alec Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 10:02:25 -0400 (EDT) I just tried ftp://ftp.us.debian.org and I get an error message something like WARNING error while getting package ... could this be because I got the b

make-pseudo-image

2000-06-17 Thread Andrew Dixon
Hi everyone, I'm going to install Debian for the first time as soon as I download it. This is the problem, the only site I can find that seems to work is: sunsite.org.uk But I'm in upstate NY and this is takeing FOREVER. Does anyone know of a reliable mirror that I can use to speed thing

pseudo-image

2000-04-10 Thread John F. Davis
Hello I want to use pseudo image to make a cd image of debian i386. I tried using the binary-i386-1.lst file from one url, but it didn't seem to be correct and pseudo-image didn't get pulled correctly. There were way to many missing files. Now, I'm trying again. However, I&#x