To followup, I see that there is an active thread discussing the proper way to do this (and therefore know why I had a hard time finding it documented). So, I'll just sit tight and wait for a conclusion. Thanks, -Brian Brian Elliott Finley wrote: > 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