[tex-live] Re: Re: [tug-board] Any news of DVDs ?

[Sebastian Rahtz]

> 
> No clue.  We have a big directory and run mkisofs on it.  That's all we
> do.  Master/Tools/MakeImages.sh.  If there's something better to do,
> info is welcome.
>

mkisofs has a -sort option which lets you specify files to put
where they'll be found fast. Knoppix makes use of it, but
whether it nakes a huge difference is hard to say. Nor is it
obvious what the algorithm would be which files to put together.

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