how to convert 7 cd iso images into one dvd image?
Cat the CD ISOs together (order doesn't matter) into a single big file with the same name as the corresponding DVD (same version and arch), then run rsync on it to convert into the actual DVD (using a mirror that has both rsync and the desired DVD). The same trick works in reverse: for each CD, make a copy of the DVD with the same name as the CD, then run rsync on it to convert it into the actual CD. In either direction, the download necessary shouldn't be more than a few percent of full size.
On 1/15/11 6:06 AM, Andre Robatino wrote:
how to convert 7 cd iso images into one dvd image?
Cat the CD ISOs together (order doesn't matter) into a single big file with the same name as the corresponding DVD (same version and arch), then run rsync on it to convert into the actual DVD (using a mirror that has both rsync and the desired DVD). The same trick works in reverse: for each CD, make a copy of the DVD with the same name as the CD, then run rsync on it to convert it into the actual CD. In either direction, the download necessary shouldn't be more than a few percent of full size.
If the remote will run rsync, just use that in the first place to get the dvd and use the -P option so it will restart if you don't complete on the first attempt.
Or, if you get the CD isos, just drop them in an NFS-shared directory, burn only the first one and do an NFS install, pointing the installer at the directory containing the iso images. I haven't done that for a while but I assume it still works and it's probably the easiest approach. With VMware or other virtual frameworks that can map an iso file as a boot device you don't even have to burn the first image - just connect it as a virtual CD.
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@...> writes:
If the remote will run rsync, just use that in the first place to get the dvd and use the -P option so it will restart if you don't complete on the first
attempt.
I can't find a mirror that has the 5.2 DVDs, so testing with the i386 5.5 DVD, using "rsync -avzP mirror.clarkson.edu::centos/5.5/isos/i386/<ISO name> ." to generate each image.
Going from the CD set to the DVD:
cat CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-?of7.iso > CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-DVD.iso rsync -avzP \ mirror.clarkson.edu::centos/5.5/isos/i386/CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-DVD.iso .
sent 517767 bytes received 84526757 bytes 185080.57 bytes/sec total size is 4185118720 speedup is 49.21
which is about 2% of full transfer size.
Going from the DVD to the CD set:
cp CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-DVD.iso CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-1of7.iso rsync -avzP \ mirror.clarkson.edu::centos/5.5/isos/i386/CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-1of7.iso .
(repeat commands for discs 2 to 7)
total size is 653910016 speedup is 21.96 total size is 651780096 speedup is 55.61 total size is 661088256 speedup is 33.97 total size is 649381888 speedup is 46.08 total size is 660133888 speedup is 94.81 total size is 668108800 speedup is 273.26 total size is 242888704 speedup is 58.27
Adding up the sizes divided by the speedups, the total transfer is also about 2% of total size. Going from the DVD to the CDs is a little tedious since you have to copy a DVD-sized image 7 times; going from the CDs to the DVD it only happens once.
I was also able to save about half the bandwidth using rsync to go from the 5.4 DVD to the 5.5 DVD (since many of the packages are exactly the same), so it should help going from 5.5 to 5.6. It probably won't help going from 5.X to 6, since almost all the packages will have changed.
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Les Mikesell