Chop the file up into smaller chunks... then the user (that wants a DVD image) can cat it back together. A DVD install is much nicer than a multiple CD install. You can get Dual layer DVD Burners for $39 if you know where to look.
On 2/28/06, David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 28. Februar 2006 02:36 schrieb Carlos E. R.: > > The Monday 2006-02-27 at 14:02 +0100, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: > > > On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Viras wrote: > > > > The boxed set will contain a DVD. There only wont be a downloadable > DVD > > > > at the website (at least that's what they said at the FOSDEM). > > > > > > A "wise" decision, as long as not even the 10.0-supplied apache is > able > > > to deliver files > 2 GB. > > > > I'm curious. O:-) > > > > Does downloading a dvd image have more impact of an ftp server than > > downloading (or installing) from the classical ftp tree, ie, each > > separate rpm? I mean, of course, with many simultaneous clients, as in > > gwdg. > > I think it is more a case that some software is still compiled without big > file support, so the files over 2GB either crap-out or they get truncated. > > Firefox, for example, has problems with large ISO's, downloading the > Debian > DVD image with firefox made a 2GB file out of the original ~4GB ISO on the > server. > > With the advent of fast internet connections and large multimedia files, > it > looks like some tools are still struggling to catch up. Hopefully big file > support will be included soon... > > Dave > -- > "I got to go figure," the tenant said. "We all got to figure. There's some > way > to stop this. It's not like lightning or earthquakes. We've got a bad > thing > made by men, and by God that's something we can change." > - The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." - Umberto Eco
