[CentOS-devel] Dual Layer DVD iso for 6.3 / 5.8
Manuel Wolfshant
wolfy at nobugconsulting.roWed Feb 8 22:03:59 UTC 2012
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On 02/08/2012 07:06 PM, Phoenix, Merka wrote: > Karanbir, > > As the potential base of machines that might need the CD-ROM-sized ISOs shrinks, > how about this as a viable alternative: > > Distribute the DVD (single layer, two ISOs), and dual-layer DVD (one ISO) > together with a script that would be able to split these into a set of CD-ROM-sized ISOs, > and MD5/SHA1 checksums (perhaps based on the result of the same script run by CentOS group). > > This would allow downstream mirrors (who might serve a different population of users) > to still offer the smaller downloads to their users who do not have DVD-ROM drives, > while reducing the need to store all the possible combinations at the main disribution > and mirror sites serving the "majority" population. No decent sized mirror will spend time to [re]create content that is not distributed by the top level mirror.
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