Sherman Pun wrote: > A follow-up question: > > [1] What is the difference between .iso and .iso.torrent? > [2] installadm(1M) does not understand .iso.torrent. Is there a program > to convert the file format? > [3] which program(s) is usually the consumer of .iso.torrent? >
A .torrent file provides a BitTorrent client, such as Transmission (which is available in the OpenSolaris package repository), with the metadata needed to download the file it references (in this case an OpenSolaris ISO image) using the torrent peer-to-peer protocols. Internal Sun users should generally get ISO's from nana.sfbay using ftp or http clients. Externally, you can download directly using http from genunix.org. Dave
