[CentOS] Linux boot floppy to install over net
Maciej Żenczykowski
maze at cela.pl
Tue Jan 3 22:07:17 UTC 2006
> jigdo ... I have seen that for debian.
Indeed, but there was a lot more in my post than merely jigdo.
> Why not just use bittorrent, do we really need a third way to get isos
> too?
Because bittorrent downloads everything from the net, while jigdo can put
together DVD images from CD images, or vice versa, or CD/DVD images from a
normal RPM mirror. Bittorrent would require downloading everything of the
net in such a situation, while jigdo would download maybe 50MB for a
4CD set or DVD and get the rest from local sources (HDD/CD/DVD).
And why did I mention it? I keep a local mirror of RPM packages but just
lately required both CD and DVD isos for friends, so I ended up
downloading _EVERYTHING_ again - seems VERY wasteful. Especially
considering it's not much extra work, etc.
Cheers,
MaZe.
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