[ale] Agh! Can't download RH ISOs

[Geoffrey]

boot to single user, remove /tmp, create a new /tmp that is a sym link 
to a directory in your intended download area.

Joe wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
> I just blew $60 on a RH network subscription. So I'm trying to download the
> ISOs so I can burn them. It's a simple request: I want to download the
> images to my home directory, which has a large number of free GB.
> 
> But both Mozilla and Lynx insist upon downloading the images to /tmp
> and moving them to my home directory. That doesn't work; /tmp is on
> a partition with only about .5GB free. Sure, I could move it, but
> what a pain; and I shouldn't *have* to.
> 
> The RHN instructions say, "Please copy the URL for your ISO image into
> this curl command:
> 
> curl -C - -O <the URL>"
> 
> But that doesn't work. When I try it, curl downloads a page that says,
> "Nyah nyah, you aren't authorized, you thieving maggot", or something
> similar. (Actually, it says, "[Blah blah,] your session has expired,
> please sign in again" -- but if I do that and then try the curl
> command on the URLs in the new page, the exact same thing happens.)
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Joe Knapka
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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

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