[PLUG] Distro downloads 'n stuff (John Jason Jordan)

[John Jason Jordan]

On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:03:44 -0700
Bruce KIlpatrick <bakilpatrick at verizon.net> dijo:

> >>> 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

> Try here...
> 
> ftp://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/slackware/iso_images/

First, I suspected that the myriad files on these sites is really the
ISO. But if Slackware expects users to know how to compile those files
into a live CD or DVD, they didn't count on people like me. Now, I'll
bet someone will say "it's so easy, you just ...." Fine. If it's so
easy, why couldn't Slack people have made the files into ISOs.

In fairness, I think the problem is only 12.1. For previous versions I
have found ISOs all ready to download.

Regarding the links offered by Bruce and Tony, they do seem to have the
ISOs. However, now I need to figure out what "d1" to "d6" refer to.