Maybe tar-gs-ing the iso image would save some space - that's what GreatBridge 
(www.GreatBridge.com) is doing with the .iso image of their postgreSQL distribution ...

Oleg
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From: "pablito" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:00:04 -0800

>That's really nice.  I wonder where you could post them.  Now that I think
>of it, it is a chore to post files that large.  I was mainly asking if any
>of the official mirror sites were going to run off iso files and post them.
>Seems logical, since they already have the files and don't have to send them
>anywhere.  The disk space the internet server allots me is about enough to
>post the enlightenment rpm and that's about it.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Xuedong Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Chris Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Friday, December 15, 2000 10:43 AM
>Subject: RE: [Cooker] Re: iso image files
>
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>>If you post is somewhere, could you let me know.
>>Thanks.
>>
>>On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Chris Young wrote:
>>
>>> Pablito,
>>>
>>> I made a set of ISO files from the Dec 9th fileset.  It's not the newest,
>>> but if you want I can probably post them someplace for you.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of pablito
>>> > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 11:35 AM
>>> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> > Subject: [Cooker] Re: iso image files
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Is anyone posting cooker iso files anywhere?  I only have a slow T-line
>>> > connection (about 300kbs) and it's very difficult to download all of
>the
>>> > individual files and keep them all matched up so that they install
>>> > correctly.  It would be really helpful to post these iso files, maybe
>even
>>> > weekly ones, so that people like me who are just beginning to figure
>Linux
>>> > out can see what the new version's like.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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