On 1/14/2011 9:05 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 01/14/11 5:29 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> Home ISP blocking bittorrent; company now blocks bittorrent. >> >> I want/need an old release (CentOS 5.2) to install as a VirtualBox guest. >> >> I suppose I could install from the cd iso images, but it is a pain to >> virtually eject and remount cd iso images during the install :-( >> >> So, is there a technique or an open source tool that will create a dvd >> iso given the cd iso images? > I've seen the DVD ISO files on select mirrors. it can be difficult to > reliably transfer a> 4GB file over http/ftp > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos I routinely do 4 GB plus transfers using https and ftp. Rock solid. One thing i do is the gui install..choose minimal then choose custom. uncheck everything and you'll get a machine with access to a shell and then you can yum everything else. Only need disk 1.