Re: [Devil-linux-develop] remote update

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:

>>>>My original idea was to add the iso image as boot.cd.new to the root of 
>>>>the media and then just check for it's existence, verify it, rename it 
>>>>to bootcd.iso and continue.
>>>
>>>So, the USB stick has to be large enough to hold TWO copies of the ISO?
>>
>>Yes correct.
> 
> 
> Is anyone ever going to use the feature?  1GB sticks are EXPENSIVE!!!

I know somebody who wants to use it.
Don't forgett that with the zisofs the size of DL decreased quite a bit.

> What about automatically updating the stick from CD?  Burn the new image
> on CD, boot from CD, and it copies itself to the USB stick.  It could
> also be used to initially create a bootable stick (blank).
> 
> Just a thought, CD drives are a LOT cheaper than big memory sticks.

It needs to be done remotely, there are no moving parts in the computers 
and nobody available to actually do the task.

Heiko