[PLUG] Distro downloads 'n stuff (John Jason Jordan)
Bruce KIlpatrick
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Sun Jun 22 04:03:44 UTC 2008
Bruce KIlpatrick wrote:
> Bruce KIlpatrick wrote:
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>> Dale Snell wrote:
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>>> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:45:39 -0700
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>>>> 1. Re: Distro downloads 'n stuff (John Jason Jordan)
>>>> 2. kubuntu 8.04 setup problem(s) (Denis Heidtmann)
>>>> 3. Re: kubuntu 8.04 setup problem(s) (Denis Heidtmann)
>>>> 4. Re: kubuntu 8.04 setup problem(s) (Denis Heidtmann)
>>>> 5. Re: kubuntu 8.04 setup problem(s) (Denis Heidtmann)
>>>> 6. Re: Distro downloads 'n stuff (Tony Rick)
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>>> On Saturday, 21 Jun 2008 12:35:27 -0700, John Jason Jordan
>>> <johnxj at comcast.net> typed:
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>>>> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:28:49 -0600
>>>> Bill Thoen <bthoen at gisnet.com> dijo:
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>>>>> John Jason Jordan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> OK, I had already found that link. I know what an .md5 file is.
>>>>>> And .asc is an extension either for an ASCII file or an Autodesk
>>>>>> export file. Where is the .iso file? Or a torrent link for it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Click on the README at that URL and you'll see that you need to go
>>>>> to http://slackware.com/getslack/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I did that. In fact, I had already been at /getslack. But when
>>>> you are at /getslack you find a list of a couple dozen mirror sites.
>>>> When you go to one of the mirror sites you get an Index of
>>>> Pub/Slackware, one of which is a /slackware-12.1 folder. In that
>>>> folder you find
>>>>
>>>> [DIR] Parent Directory -
>>>> ANNOUNCE.12_1 29-Apr-2008 00:07 10K
>>>> BOOTING.TXT 01-Oct-2006 23:36 20K
>>>> CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT 30-Apr-2008 21:38 17K
>>>> CHECKSUMS.md5 28-May-2008 20:57 571K
>>>> CHECKSUMS.md5.asc 28-May-2008 20:57 197
>>>> COPYING 09-Jun-1994 21:28 18K
>>>> COPYING3 29-Jun-2007 23:21 34K
>>>> COPYRIGHT.TXT 29-Apr-2008 00:05 19K
>>>> CRYPTO_NOTICE.TXT 01-Oct-2006 23:37 616
>>>> ChangeLog.txt 28-May-2008 19:46 139K
>>>> FAQ.TXT 01-Jul-2007 16:24 33K
>>>> FILELIST.TXT 28-May-2008 20:55 746K
>>>> GPG-KEY 26-Feb-2003 17:34 1.5K
>>>> PACKAGES.TXT 30-Apr-2008 20:41 472K
>>>> RELEASE_NOTES 29-Apr-2008 00:07 4.0K
>>>> SPEAKUP_DOCS.TXT 30-Jun-2007 23:39 14K
>>>> SPEAK_INSTALL.TXT 29-Apr-2008 00:05 17K
>>>> Slackware-HOWTO 29-Apr-2008 00:08 60K
>>>> UPGRADE.TXT 29-Apr-2008 00:05 4.8K
>>>> [DIR] extra/ 01-May-2008 13:43 -
>>>> [DIR] isolinux/ 30-Apr-2008 17:42 -
>>>> [DIR] kernels/ 30-Apr-2008 16:34 -
>>>> [DIR] pasture/ 27-Mar-2008 22:41 -
>>>> [DIR] patches/ 28-May-2008 20:55 -
>>>> [DIR] slackware/ 30-Apr-2008 20:41 -
>>>> [DIR] source/ 30-Apr-2008 20:44 -
>>>> [DIR] testing/ 04-Apr-2008 22:14 -
>>>> [DIR] usb-and-pxe-installers/ 30-Apr-2008 17:43
>>>>
>>>> I tried each of the [DIR] folders above, but each one contained
>>>> multiple additional folders. I don't know how deep I have to go to
>>>> find the ISO file, but I gave up after 15 minutes. And bear in mind
>>>> that there are a couple dozen mirrors, all of which seem to have the
>>>> same directory structure without a clear way to find the ISO.
>>>> Searching every folder on every mirror site would take hours.
>>>>
>>>> Normally there is an .iso file, plus an .md5 file, and .torrent file.
>>>> The torrent file is only a couple K as it just contains information
>>>> that your torrent client needs in order to download the .iso while
>>>> sharing it with other down- and uploaders. You download the .torrent
>>>> file and then open it in your torrent client program (Bittorrent,
>>>> Ktorrent, Azureus, etc.).
>>>>
>>>> I don't know where Slackware buried the torrent and ISO files, but I
>>>> give up looking for them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> John,
>>>
>>> Looking at your directory listing, I would have to say that that
>>> _is_ the .iso. That is to say, that entire directory structure is
>>> what goes onto the DVD. Assuming you are using an FTP client, I would
>>> be willing to bet that an 'ls -R' would give you the _entire_ distro
>>> listing. I suppose you could download it that way; most FTP clients
>>> will do recursive downloads these days. One advantage to that method
>>> is that the FTP client will also resume a download if it gets
>>> interrupted. No need to re-download everything you've already got, or
>>> select files by hand. (I've done that. Bleah.) On the other hand,
>>> you'd have to download everything to a (large) temporary directory,
>>> from which you could build a .iso image. A bittorrent or jigdo download
>>> would be simpler.
>>>
>>> Dale
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>> Does this link help?
>>
>> http://slackware.oregonstate.edu/slackware-12.1-iso/
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> I answered my own question...these are only for verification purposes.
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Try here...
ftp://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/slackware/iso_images/
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