* Jeffrey J. Mountin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [000315 17:35]:
> However, if you consider the size of the file and the possibility of
> corruption, then it should be archived with gzip and forget the compression
> (gzip -1). Now it can be checked for errors.
Isn't there a CHECKSUMS.MD5 file in the directory where the ISO image is
placed on the FTP site ?
> Another issue is the size. Many factors determine how quickly one can
> obtain the ISO. It would be nice if it were broken into smaller
> volumes. About 10-20 MB each would be good. That way should something
> fail, there less time and bandwidth wasted should one need to start over.
It might be nice if there were a utility that could pull the ISO in small
slices just like any distribution and then put it back together. For that
matter, couldn't the ISO image be made into a distribution that sysinstall
would understand ? To download it, you would :
- run sysinstall
- change the installation direction in the options dialog to match the one
you want to download (4.0-RELEASE in this case)
- select a custom distribution with just the "ISO image" dist
- select "commit"
sysinstall could then download the dist as many small chunks, and the
"install" procedure would just be to glue the chunks back together and stick
it in a known place on the HD.
--
j.
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