Can I generate Installation DVD from Development repository

Jim Cornette fc-cornette at insight.rr.com
Mon Mar 5 22:00:30 UTC 2007


Hikaru Amano wrote:
> On 3/4/07, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette at insight.rr.com> wrote:
>> I guess wget works with http also. Are you not retrieving the iso and
>> not sending ftp?
>>
> 
> well ... wget support both .. and i know that ...
> 
> my problem currently was http download stuck halfway of the download
> ... and for some reasons, the servers doesnt reply the content length
> if requested through http .. thus making resume not working .. had to
> redownload everytime it stuck ..

I know the experience when downloading through browsers in the past. It 
really makes grabbing then CDs a tough task.

> 
>> The file is working fine for me and is pulling in the file at speeds
>> varying from 300k/s down to the 100k/s ranges and is 17% complete since
>> my previous posting.
>>
>> I could not see someone not allowing one to pull in files from ftp
>> sites. Sending files out ftp though might be a security risk to the
>> organization. No doubt some admins would limit ftp incoming though.
>>
> 
> Lets just say the admins + the pointy haired bosses are paranoid ...
> only connections to HTTP and HTTPS are allowed .. other protocols ..
> blocked totally ..

We have unique policies in our work environment also. Fortunately they 
don't go that far as to limiting major protocols.

Jim




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