[ubuntu-za] rsync CD image

[Morgan Collett]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:04, Vijay Makanjee <vijay at ergo.co.za> wrote:
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> Hello
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> Some time ago Morgan wrote of a way to keep fresh with the updates esp
> fromt the release candidates to the final release.
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> something about using rsync and jigdo. so that once you got the release
> candidate and it got upgraded as the final release came out, it just
> needed some script (using rsync, I assume) to only download the newer
> parts of the ISO. I am aware that this was for the 'alternate' version only.
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> Morgan, could you please send the instructions again.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RsyncCdImage

Don't worry about the script, just use the first rsync command they
give. Make sure the iso you already have is named the same as the one
you're downloading - e.g. jaunty-desktop-i386.iso

Regards
Morgan