DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: Software Update
It seems that more and more people are installing DSL onto USB drives and other rewritable media. Would it be possible to have an app that can patch a DSL install to one of those devices without needing to burn a CD, install to USB drive, etc.
And if it is a CD-RW that we are talking about, then you could theoretically swap the CD to RAM, wipe it, and reburn with the new data. All transparent to the user.
And idea if this can be done?
This has already been done, but it only works with frugal installs.
Just delete the /KNOPPIX/knoppix file on your frugal and replace it with the one from the new version.
Perhaps I will write a new script to do this...
-J.P.
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Chris
I thought Mechcozmo was talking about a patch, not getting everything again and then burning it again on recordable media. Some people don't have high bandwith access and it's a real pain to keep downloading 50 megs every couple of weeks.
I also think it would be nice to make a patch, like diff, of only the things that have changed. Then the user could download this smaller patch, and reburn their CD using the changes and deleating what gets deleted.
It would probably mean going through some remastering steps. Make the two source directories for the two versions, then run diff. Save all of those files in the later version that are new in a new directory, and make a list of files that got removed from the new version. Then there would have to be a script to start the rematering process, run the patch into the source directory created, and finish the remastering.
That's an interesting idea, though I don't know how or if it could be done. I can understand a patch system for a harddrive install, but I think if it required remastering for a liveCD most people would rather wait 4-5 hours for the download.
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