RPM tree as torrent?

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Mon Mar 29 21:00:50 UTC 2004


On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 15:13 -0500, Ravi Shekhar wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I don't know if I'm the only one, but I much prefer to download the 
> /i386/os directory and set up a local mirror to do an FTP install. 
> Bittorrent can handle multiple files easily, and it seems like it would 
> take some load off the servers. I don't mind seeding it as soon as I'm 
> done, I'm on a university T3 line. But at the current rate, it will take 
> 6 hours for me to get directory from ibiblio. I haven't found a faster 
> mirror. They're all overloaded.
> 

Download the isos via bittorrent and expand them out.

-sv






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