boatman9 Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 If you already have 2008.1 RC2 (mandriva-linux-2008-spring-rc2-one-KDE-int-cdrom-i586.iso) and you want the official released version (mandriva-linux-one-2008-spring-KDE-int-cdrom-i586.iso) you can save time and bytes by using rsync. Open a command console in the directory of your RC2 iso file and rename it to the same name as the 2008.1 Final, or make a copy. I made a hard linked copy like this: ln mandriva-linux-2008-spring-rc2-one-KDE-int-cdrom-i586.iso mandriva-linux-one-2008-spring-KDE-int-cdrom-i586.iso Issue the following command: rsync -aP distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr::pub/linux/MandrivaLinux/official/iso/2008.1/mandriva-linux-one-2008-spring-KDE-int-cdrom-i586.iso ./ You will then see: receiving file list ... 1 file to consider mandriva-linux-one-2008-spring-KDE-int-cdrom-i586.iso 730503168 100% 147.75kB/s 1:20:28 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1) sent 189082 bytes received 271055291 bytes 48285.60 bytes/sec total size is 730503168 speedup is 2.69 As you can see, I only downloaded 271055291 bytes, that's 37.1% of the file, and yet I got the whole 2008.1 iso file which is a 730503168 byte file. This method may also work with other ISOs that have much in common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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