On 01/14/2011 06:17 PM, William Warren wrote:
> On 1/14/2011 9:05 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
>> On 01/14/11 5:29 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
>>> Home ISP blocking bittorrent; company now blocks bittorrent.
>>>
>>> I want/need an old release (CentOS 5.2) to install as a VirtualBox guest.
>>>
>>> I suppose I could install from the cd iso images, but it is a pain to
>>> virtually eject and remount cd iso images during the install :-(
>>>
>>> So, is there a technique or an open source tool that will create a dvd
>>> iso given the cd iso images?
>> I've seen the DVD ISO files on select mirrors. it can be difficult to
>> reliably transfer a> 4GB file over http/ftp
>>
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> I routinely do 4 GB plus transfers using https and ftp. Rock solid.
> One thing i do is the gui install..choose minimal then choose custom.
> uncheck everything and you'll get a machine with access to a shell and
> then you can yum everything else. Only need disk 1.
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There's always ncftp which has the ability to resume an interrupted file
transfer, though I regularly transfer DVD images with both http and ftp
without any errors.
Nataraj
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