On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 03:07 -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > ... regarding my jigdo instructions, i'm guessing ... > > > 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. > > if this is meant to be a criticism of my HOWTO on jigdo, i can see > your point. however, to be fair, right near the top, i do in fact > emphasize: > > "Please read the rest of this page before trying any of it. Seriously. > I mean it. I'm not kidding." > > and further down the page, i also make it clear: > > "Note that if you have directory locations for other files that might > save time in the reconstruction process, just keep entering those > locations as you're prompted one at a time until you're done, and > finally just hit ENTER to let the construction begin. For the sake of > this exercise, we'll just assume you're working only with what's on > the original release DVD." > > so while i don't come ***right out*** and explain how to work with > an ISO image rather than a physical DVD, that above text should have > been enough for most people to draw the obvious logical inference and > to simply mount the ISO image somewhere and use its mount point as a > directory location. > > > This is not always - or even usually - equivalent to "mount -o > > loop". > > inserting a DVD is *rarely* equivalent to running "mount -o loop". > so, as i said, i'll admit that i didn't spell out, in excruciating > detail, how to take advantage of an ISO image, but that shouldn't have > been an intellectual stretch given everything else on that page. > > > The jigdo documentation is not very good, which is not surprising if > > the people writing it share your approach. > > i'm not sure what that last comment is supposed to imply but, if > you're feeling ambitious, there's lots of empty web page space out > there -- go wild. we can always use additional good documentation. > Just for a little clarification (my brain cells haven't got anywhere near pedantry yet). On a laptop with F7 with a F8 install DVD complete with depsolve bugs, do I copy the DVD contents to the hard drive and point Jigdo(-lite?) to that and burn a new install DVD when Jigdo is finished; or can I use the DVD as the place for Jigdo to scan? But then how do I make new install media? -- Regards Simon
