Re: [Mvpmc-devel] Request: Virtual Machine?

[Charles B. <cgb...@gm...>]

Well - I built one from an appliance that I found somewhere.  It compresses
down to 1.1GB.  I don't have it with me today, but I'll try and get it onto
depositfiles later.

Charles


On 25 February 2011 03:34, Tom Metro <tme...@gm...> wrote:

> Charles Barnwell wrote:
> > ...I have a debian Lenny VMware that I've just done a build on.
>
> Excellent.
>
>
> > It's 5GB!
>
> As the other responder asked, is that compressed?
>
> Is this a VM you set up for general use, where you didn't necessarily
> tune the OS to be lean? Can you attack it with 'aptitude remove' and
> strip out anything superfluous?
>
>
> > Could I put it somewhere on the mvpmc site?
>
> I can't speak for the main site, but I doubt they'd be setup to handle
> that size of a file. I know the Wikispaces site can't.
>
> As others have suggested, there are numerous file sharing sites that
> would be a better fit.
>
>
> Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> > Bernhard Geier wrote:
> >> Has someone a virtual machine...for building the dongle...?
> >
> > If no one else has one or is interested...
>
> Per above, it seems Charles Barnwell is willing to share a VM image he
> already had setup, providing we can find a place for him to upload it.
>
> If you care to create a purpose-built image based on one of the lean
> "appliance" distributions, that might be helpful.
>
>
> > I may also look into seeding it as a torrent.
>
> Worth a try. Maybe it can be listed at http://linuxtracker.org/.
>
> Though there may not be enough users to sustain a healthy swarm, so
> having a direct download at a file sharing site will likely be needed as
> a backup. Ideally, a file sharing site that can also seed a torrent (I
> thought I had heard of such sites, but a search didn't turn up any, just
> a list of file hosting sites:
>
> http://filesharefreak.com/2009/08/26/100-of-the-best-free-file-hosting-upload-sites/
> ).
>
>
>  -Tom
>