We (http://mirror.anl.gov) would like to start mirroring the DVD ISOs for direct download, but I have failed to find instructions on how to include them when I sync. How do I include DVD ISOs on my mirror site? Thanks, -Brian Lance Davis wrote: > On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, Kevin M Stange wrote: > >> Lance Davis wrote: >>> >>> With the release of 5 we have seen a tremendous increase in the use of >>> the dvd.iso , so that from bitorrent it is now downloaded 5 times more >>> than the cd isos. >> >> For a while there, we were the only mirror showing DVDs on the CentOS >> site. We had to throttle our bandwidth because we were pushing as much >> as 350 Mbps, mostly in DVD ISOs. Things have calmed down a bit from >> that high now. > > Phew - thanks for that - I think there are now 4 US mirrors shown > carrying dvd isos - and we are pushing to get more ... >> >>> The main issue with having the dvd isos available from mirrors is that >>> Apache < 2.2 running on 32 bit architecture wont display files larger >>> than 2.0 GB , however CentOS 5 has Apache 2.2 with large file >>> support so >>> that problem will now start to go away - alternative is also to use >>> lighttpd. >> >> Rebuilding the apr, apr-util, and httpd SRPMs from CentOS 5 or Fedora >> Devel will work for CentOS 4. Only catch, httpd includes an init script >> which requires a new version of initscripts. To work around it, you can >> install the src RPM, then grab your old /etc/init.d/httpd and replace >> /usr/src/redhat/SOURCE/httpd.init. Then you can set the dependency to >> require 7.93 of initscripts instead in the specfile and build. That's >> what we're doing currently. >> > aha > > Regards > Lance > > >> Kevin >> >> -- >> Kevin Stange >> Chief Technology Officer >> Steadfast Networks >> http://steadfast.net >> >> Phone: 312-602-2689 x203 >> Fax: 312-602-2688 >> Cell: 312-320-5867 >> >> > > uklinux.net - > The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-mirror mailing list > CentOS-mirror at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror > -- Brian Elliott Finley Linux Strategist, CIS Desk: 630.252.4742 Cell: 630.631.6621