how to jigdo download a fedora 8 re-spin in one easy step?

[Ed Greshko]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Dean S. Messing wrote:
>> Karl wrote:
>> : Tim wrote:
>> : > Tim:
>> : >   : >>> Try a different browser, just in case Firefox (or :    
>> Now I have a file that appears to be a respin of F8. It seemed to :
>> work fine but the system doesn't want to stop! Instead of stopping it
>> : keeps asking for the location of another DVD to read :-)
>> : :     But Conrol C stopped it and the file size is what I expected
>> for a : fully updated F8 3443793697 2007-12-27 15:00 but it is a
>> .iso.tmp file. : I can fix that.
>>
>> I would be in doubt if I were you.  I didn't use a mounted reference
>> DVD for my jigdo downloads but when they finished, each did a
>> final checksum on the .iso and renamed it w/o the .tmp suffix.
>>
>> I have no idea if restarting will just begin where it left off or
>> start the process all over again.
>>
>> Also note that the size of the .iso.tmp is misleading.  Jigdo
>> allocates the entire space for the .iso at the beginning and populates
>> it with the directory/file structure, but those files are full of
>> nulls until the appropriate package is downloaded.
>>
>> :     I used the jigdo file that rday has on his web page and choose
>> : number 6 for a i386 DVD which seems to be correct.
>>
>> In short I would not trust your .iso.tmp unless you've checksummed it
>> manually.  For fun, you can also mount the .iso.tmp file via loopback
>> and look inside.  Try doing `rpm -pqi' on a few of the .rpm files to
>> see what you get.  When I did that at the beginning of my run, the
>> command returned an empty line. When I looked inside (with emacs)
>> it was filled with ^@  (nulls).
>>
>> :     I have been collecting bits of writing and copies of terminal
>> data : to be part of a new potential Instruction for using Jigdo. It
>> will be : ready tomorrow I hope.
>>
>> We'll be holding our breath until then. œ-)
>>
>>
>> Dean
>>
>>   
>    I have forgot the darn loopback thing. Looking in man mount there
> is nothing loopback listed. Anyone recall?
>
Please read the man page again....  Look for "loop" and you will find an
example....


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