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Does anyone know where I can find the 3 ISO images for Mandrake Linux in zip or gzip files? If there aren't any, can someone please zip them up and email them to me?
Thanks.

And I thought I'd never use up more than 3 megabytes of email space... this is where Gmail comes in handy. :)

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asked for the Mandrake ISOs to be zipped and emailed while on dialup. Given the file sizes involved and the constraints of mail, that approach is awkward and slow; zipping CD ISOs usually yields only small savings because the content inside is already compressed. and pointed in useful directions (mailing clients, bittorrent), so below are practical, low-effort options and exact commands you can use if you need to work around a slow connection.

Best options in order of convenience:

  • Get someone with broadband to seed a torrent or host the ISOs on a simple HTTP/FTP share (resumable download).
  • Use a resume-capable download tool on your end so you can pick up after disconnects.
  • If email is the only route, split the ISO into small pieces, send parts, then recombine.

Examples (run from the directory where the ISO will live):

# resume an HTTP download
wget -c http://mirror.example.org/mandrake.iso
# split an ISO into ~9MB parts for emailing
split -b 9000k mandrake.iso mandrake.iso.part

# recombine on Linux
cat mandrake.iso.part* > mandrake.iso

# recombine on Windows (cmd.exe)
copy /b mandrake.iso.part* mandrake.iso

Always verify the rebuilt file before burning or installing:

md5sum mandrake.iso
sha1sum mandrake.iso

Compare those checksums with the official release checksums on the distro mirror or archive page. Note: Mandrake later became Mandriva, so older Mandrake images may now live under Mandriva/archived mirrors. If you have trouble with a particular mirror or want a step-by-step for creating split archives with 7-Zip/WinRAR, follow-up instructions can be posted.

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Member Avatar for alc6379

You're going to be out of luck-- Gmail only allows 10MB email attachments, IIRC. Why do you need them zipped, anyways? You're not going to save that much space...

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Just when I start thinking Gmail is perfect... and by the way, I have dialup :(

Member Avatar for blud

It would be better to get a .torrent file and just let your machine download them in the background.

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I'm trying Debian out with jigdo. But thanks for the suggestion. :)

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