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

Bruce KIlpatrick bakilpatrick at verizon.net
Sun Jun 22 06:42:07 UTC 2008


John Jason Jordan wrote:
> 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. 
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disk # 1 through disk # 6



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