Thanks, but that's not a solution for my needs -- I can't rely on a web server, even one in house. Has to be media in a box. I must say, I consider Red Hat's unwillingness to produce media for their major updates, even when a customer is willing to pay for them, to be pretty odd and disappointing. > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ali, Saqib > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 5:44 PM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: How do you get your RHEL CDs? > > Mount the ISO images on a linux based file repository, and > make that mount point accessible via HTTP. That way anyone > can access the media over HTTP. You can even do a fresh > install over HTTP > > mkdir /var/www/html/RHEL40CD01 > mount -o loop -t iso9660 file.iso /var/www/html/RHEL40CD01 > > saqib > http://www.linkedin.com/in/encryption > > > On 6/21/07, Furnish, Trever G <TGFurnish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Anyone have a better solution for keeping CDs in house for > the various > > flavors of RHEL than just downloading them and burning > them? I need > > to keep local media for disaster recovery, for several sites, and > > lately it's become too much of a chore. > > > > I HATE burning and labeling and testing CDs. And lately we > seem to be > > in a transitional stage between 32-bit and 64-bit, between > Intel and > > AMD, and between RHEL versions [345]. With all the > variations, this > > is getting to be a problem, but Redhat wasn't very helpful when I > > asked how I could just buy CDs to accompany my RHN > subscriptions. I > > checked a few of the fedora media vendors, like CheapBytes, > but so far > > haven't found anyone providing RHEL on CD. > > > > Yes, I'm aware I can get Centos from those vendors, but I have no > > interest in Centos -- I'm paying for RHEL for a reason. :-) > And I'd > > be happy to pay for CDs if I could find them or talk Redhat into > > selling them. > > > > -- > > Trever > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > -- > Saqib Ali, CISSP, ISSAP > http://www.full-disk-encryption.net > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
