> Not at all. The entire distribution is there on Red Hat's web site, > available for download. The only thing that is "missing" are the .iso > files, which are only a convenience for some people. > > I download .iso files when I want to create a canonical reference of what > was on a distribution, i.e., the CDs as they're laid out by the creator of > the distribution. When I want to download something to _use_ (and quickly) > I download the individual packages. It's can be very difficult to download > multiple 650MB images without errors, retries, etc.
I've had no difficulty other than the time it takes to download ISO images through a modem using wget. I've modfied wget for my own use with "user exits" which enable it to cope neatly with my connexion being down. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition.
