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Old 01-09-2009, 10:49 PM   #1
kobra stryke
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complete releases repository iso's are where ?


Hi,

this is a fervent plea from an addict. i live on the outskirts of my city and so broadband internet is out of the question. i however do have access at my university. i always encounter headaches finding and downloading the odd dependency once in a while. i figure therefore that i need to get a complete iso or zip file or whatsoever of the entire fedora releases (specifically fedora 10) repository. not just the install dvd. how do i go about it. any site out there for downloading or any automatic download facility available. i use windows here at the univ.

i heard there were some vendors of the said iso's. can someone give me some directions.

thanks.

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Old 01-10-2009, 02:10 PM   #2
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First realize that you are talking a lot of DVDs (10+) and you will still not get "everything". The repos (official and otherwise) are constantly being updated and new packages are being added. If you really want to do it, get a 200+GB usb drive. Go to the F10 repo and the F10 rpmfusion repo and download all the appropriate rpms (32bit or 64bit). Then get the createrepo package. You will want to update the files on this usb drive at least once a month(essentially repeat the above once a month). If there are packages that you think you need that are not in the F10 repo or the rpmfusion repo you will also have to add the repo that contains the packages that you need into the mix. There are literally hundreds of repos, each for a specific niche market (ie most will not need these).

You also have to realize that F10 will only be supported for 13 months. After that there will be no official updates (not even security) of any kind. If you are really going to go this route, I would suggest going to a more stable distro. Centos is RHEL(Red Hat Enterprise Linux) with the logos removed. It is free to download/update (unlike RHEL) and is binary compatible with RHEL. It has a support life of at least 5 years and there will be far fewer updates per month.
 
  


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