[CentOS] Torrent: reminder to use it folks!

Von centos.list at eyestreet.com
Tue Dec 18 22:55:51 UTC 2007


On Dec 18, 2007, at 4:29 PM, Robert Arkiletian wrote:

> On 12/17/07, Von <centos.list at eyestreet.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Dec 17, 2007, at 10:05 PM, Robert Arkiletian wrote:
>>>
>>> Also don't forget that many mirrors offer rsync. If you rename your
>>> 5.0 DVD to the 5.1 version and do an rsync it will save lots of
>>> bandwidth.
>>
>>
>> I could be tired, but could you please elaborate how this is  
>> possible?
>
> mv CentOS-5.0-i386-bin-DVD.iso CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-DVD.iso
>
> Check out the public mirrors list. Only mirrors that offer full DVD
> downloads and rsync will work. Hover your mouse over the rsync link to
> see the rsync address.
>
> For example, if I was to use the kernel.org mirror it's
> rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/centos
>
> then navigate the http or ftp directory structure to see the full path
> to the iso. Then run rsync
>
> rsync -Pv rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.1/isos/i386/CentOS-5.1- 
> i386-bin-DVD.iso
> .
>
> You should get upto 50% savings. At least I did with the CD iso's in
> the past. The capital P is --partial --progress.

Brilliant. Thanks for the tip!






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