John Summerfield wrote:
> Michael Mansour wrote:
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>>> * Tux Distro ([log in to unmask]) [20070620 20:25]:
>>>
>>>> http://www.tuxdistro.com/torrents-details.php?id=346 avia
>>>> BitTorrent nd the only other thing you would need is the Free
>>>> VMware player.  We hope some may find this useful.
>>> Please make it available via other means than BitTorrent as
>>> well (e.g. HTTP and/or FTP).  BitTorrent usage is not permitted
>>> everywhere.  Thank you.
>>
>> I started to download the torrent earlier, it's 911Mb.
>>
>> I'm not sure how many sites will ftp/http host files this large, as 
>> ftp/http
> 
> Debian Stable's 3x4 Gbyte DVD images, for each of several architectures. 
> There are also CD images. Debian also does torrent and jigdo (I think 
> jigdo's best, it allows a user-chosen local mirror).
> 
>> are very resource hungry (from the server side) and also suffer from 
>> download
>> retries when primitive non-retrying clients are used.
>>
>> Bittorrent is the most efficient way to deliver files this large.
> 
> Yeah, right.
> My ISP caches the file (or provides it on its downloads site) and Fred 
> uses bittorrent do pull it through the ISP's boundaries again. Doesn't 
> the ISP just like that.
> 
> _I_ looked at opening the firewall to bittorrent and decided it's too 
> much trouble, The Boss could not have bittorrent at work.
> 
> We are required to control what people at work download. Filesharing 
> isn't allowed.
> 

I have put this image on the main distribution site.

http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/virtual.images/vmware/50/scientific5.zip
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/virtual.images/vmware/50/README

  or ftp at

ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/virtual.images/vmware/50/scientific5.zip
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/virtual.images/vmware/50/README

You might notice it is in the zip format.  That is because zip is part of 
Scientific Linux, and Windows.  All I did was unrar it, and then zip it up. 
Nothing else was touched.

If anyone has a problem with the README, please let me know if I can better 
word things.

Troy
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