Kevin J. Cummings wrote: >> As the OP, I read the instructions above. >> I couldn't apply them directly, as I don't have a Fedora DVD - >> I have the ISO in an NFS-mounted directory, >> and it wasn't entirely clear to me if one could substitute >> a hard disk ISO for the CD. > > Yes, it is. They want you to mount the DVD. You already have it > mounted via NFS. If its just the ISO, mount it with a loop option. > If its the DVD directory, just point jigdo at it. > >> If this is possible, maybe it is worth adding >> a brief explanation to the instructions. > > This is not necessary if you understand what an ISO is. I do know what an ISO is. > An ISO is an image of a filesystem. Sort of. > When you mount it, you can see what is inside > that filesystem (files and directories). It the ISO (either a file or a > real DVD) is mounted on a remote system, then you only need to point > jigdo at the mount point. If the ISO is made available via NFS, then > mount it locally on your system. Something like: > > mount -t iso9660 -o "loop,ro" /mnt/ISO /path/to/dir/with/iso/ISOfilename > > this assumes you created the local mount point /mnt/ISO to mount it on. I have heard of "mount -o loop". But the instructions say one should insert a DVD, which I take to mean that one should insert a DVD. This is not always - or even usually - equivalent to "mount -o loop". The jigdo documentation is not very good, which is not surprising if the people writing it share your approach. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
