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Old 03-26-2006, 11:31 AM   #1
kafnir
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can anyone please tell me uncompress a bittorent file


Hi everyone!
I just download centos4.3 dvd using BitTorrent and I assume it probably compress. if so, can anyone please tell me howto uncompress it, so i can use k3b or nerolinux to burn it.
this is the file:
CentOS-4.3-i386-srcDVD.torrent
thank you very much
sincerely clinton
 
Old 03-26-2006, 11:47 AM   #2
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kafnir
Hi everyone!
I just download centos4.3 dvd using BitTorrent and I assume it probably compress. if so, can anyone please tell me howto uncompress it, so i can use k3b or nerolinux to burn it.
this is the file:
CentOS-4.3-i386-srcDVD.torrent
thank you very much
sincerely clinton
This is the torrent file.
This is not the dvd.

The torrent is used to download the actual file.
 
Old 03-26-2006, 05:32 PM   #3
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Ya, you need to load up a bittorrent program and open that file inside it. Then you can burn your DVD. The torrent file is only used to find the files.
 
Old 03-26-2006, 06:38 PM   #4
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A compression ratio like that would be........ UNSTOPPABLE!!!!!!!!!
 
  


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