Tips: Faster Download of Warty CD with Jigdo

[Thomas Beckett]

Id just also mention that the windows client for jigdo can be obtained from: 

http://atterer.net/jigdo/

the steps aer pretty much the same except that you would only scan
your CD and when the files to scan prompt returns you wouls skip step
7 above and just press enter. It will then trundle off and get the
latest packages that have changed from your CD.

Another tip is that you dont have to use the CD in the drive. You can
mount the iso image if you have it on your hard drive, either:
 mount -t loop <path to iso> <where to mount> 
for linux - or for windows get daemon tools or another virtual CD
prog. This way you dont need to burn a CD just to get an update to it
and have to burn it again.

Tom

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:59:41 +0700, Zakaria <zakaria at suarametro.com> wrote:
> Hi, fellow ubuntuers
> 
> If you:
> 1. Already have a Warty preview or pre release CD
> 2. Have installed it
> 3. Always keep it up-to-date with synaptic or apt-get
> 4. Want to get the latest CD, So you could burn it
>    and give it to your friend and family.
> 
> There is a faster way to download Warty CD image. Using jigdo.
> Here's how:
> 
> 1. Get jigdo-file
>    sudo apt-get install jigdo-file
> 2. Download warty jigdo file
>    wget -c http://releases.ubuntu.com/warty/warty-release-install-i386.jigdo
>    wget -c http://releases.ubuntu.com/warty/warty-release-install-i386.template
> 3. Edit the jigdo file so it use your nearest mirror.
>    For example I use mirror.switch.ch . So I add
>      Ubuntu=http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/ubuntu/
>    before Ubuntu=http://archive.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/ --try-last
>    in [Servers] section
> 4. Put your CD in CD-ROM Drive and wait until it automatically mounted
> 5. Run jigdo
>    jigdo-lite warty-release-install-i386.jigdo
> 6. in "Files to scan:" prompt type:
>    /media/cdrom
> 7. After jigdo scan your CD and show "Files to scan:" prompt again, type:
>    /var/cache/apt/archives/
> 8. When you see the "Files to scan:" prompt again just press enter
>    and wait for jigdo to download and build your CD image
> 9. Burn your ISO and spread the spirit of Ubuntu
> 
> Wassallam,
> 
> -- Zakaria
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