Storing and re-using block chain on cd

[Bungeebones]

I would like to be able to install wallets on a large number of computers so I have copied a working wallet's block and data files to dvd.

I copied them into a new wallet but can't get Bitcoin to recognize them.

I've got all the permissions right.

But if I install the peers.dat file from the up-to-date wallet I get a fatal error. If I omit that file, with all the rest of the folders and files from the up-to-date version still installed, I don't get fatal errors but when it connects to the network it tells me I have 245,016 blocks to download (1644 days worth) when it has all the block chains to be within hours of being up-to-date.

Is there something I have to delete or change in order for it to see the new blocks? Is this even possible to do?

Thanks

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[🏰 TradeFortress 🏰]

That's odd. What is on your DVD?

[Bungeebones]

I copied everything from the updated wallet... the blocks, chainstate, and database folders.

And I copied the debug.log and peers.dat files over. But like I said, if I use the peers.dat file from the updated wallet in the new wallet I get a fatal error

"A fatal error occurred. Bitcoin can no longer continue safely and will quit.

EXCEPTION: St9bad_alloc       
std::bad_alloc       
bitcoin in Runaway exception"

Use the original peers.dat file and I don't get error but starts at original block and never gets even one updated on from the network.

       

[Bungeebones]

I'm trying a slightly different approach. I downloading the block chain by a torrent at http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/blockchain/bootstrap.dat.torrent/download

but that opens another question. The file is named "bootstrap.dat" How do I get Bitcoin to find that?

[🏰 TradeFortress 🏰]

Put boostrap.DAT in your data directory.

[Bungeebones]

Thanks, TradeFortress. I've still got 45 minutes on the download and will give it a try.