Pardon a >real< newbie question . . .

[Keith Johnson]

http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq02.html#S2-28

If that doesn't answer your question, I can't help.

k

> From: Harvey Ussery <huboxwood@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 15:12:42 -0500
> To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Pardon a >real< newbie question . . .
> 
> I keep seeing references to "the new isos for YDL3.0.1". Would someone
> be kind enough to define "iso."
> 
> I have checked for a definition online, & find ref's to international
> standards for fonts & also something about layered networking--neither
> of which seems to have anything to do with downloading software.
> 
> Is "iso" simply the total package for downloading an entire OS, as
> opposed to an rpm file for getting an individual pkg? If so, it is
> something of no use at all to someone with a dialup connection, right?
> (Unmanageably huge download?)
> 
> Is "iso" something that you download only in a form to burn to CD to
> make an install CD? (as opposed to a file to unpack & compile from?)
> 
> Thanks for elucidation. I have some interest in YDL3.0.1, but if it
> means a download orders of magnitude above that required for a pkg like
> tetex or postgresql, I'll just have to wait for the CD's. (Dialup is hell!)
> 
> --Harvey
> 
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