Re: Debian 1.3.1 (Bo) ISO files

From: Rogério Brito (rbrito_at_ime.usp.br)
Date: 11/25/05

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    Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:17:36 -0200
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    On Nov 25 2005, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
    > On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 12:44:50AM -0200, Rogério Brito wrote:
    > > I would think that something like jigdo or a torrent would be more
    > > helpful for the community, of course.
    >
    > Jigdo is only relevant if the archive is still around to build images
    > from easily I think.

    Of course, but it seems that at least planetmirror has it archived, IIRC
    from other posts.

    > > This way, the person providing the "ISO" would not really have to cope
    > > with the full upload of the ISO: in the case of jigdo, much smaller
    > > files would be sufficient.
    >
    > Understood. Where is all this interest in really old versions of
    > Debian coming from? At this rate I'll bring a 386 with 4M to the next
    > Linux Expo in London _because I can_ :)

    Heh, it's cool to have old hardware running well. :-) And not only that,
    but it is also a good way of "benchmarking" the current programs (say,
    glibc against libc4 or libc5).

    And building a (statically built, as you woulnd't probably want to mess
    with installation of module-init-tools in such an old distribution) 2.6
    kernel for such a beast would be nicem, if possible. :-)

    It's all a good learning exercise, to know the limits of our software
    and hardware. :-)

    Such pet projects are indeed quite cool, IMVHO. :-) For instance, I have
    an old PowerMac 8500/180MP here where, with a slow (SCSI) disk, but
    still alive. :-)

    Official support from its original manufacturer for such beast has ended
    quite some ago, but it works perfectly with sarge, for instance. :-)

    Regards, Rogério. 

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