[PLUG] Can't figure out jigdo

drew wymore drew.wymore at gmail.com
Tue Nov 10 18:01:10 UTC 2009


On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:51 AM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>wrote:

> I am preparing for a reinstall of Debian testing, x86_64. Last time I
> used six DVDs; this time I want to do a netinst. That is, I want to
> download the 148 MB CD image and install the rest over the internet.
>
> The problem is that downloading the netinst image for testing is
> painfully slow. There is a torrent, but no one is seeding it.
> Apparently the way one gets Debian images is by jigdo. Unfortunately, I
> am finding the instructions for jigdo to be rather cryptic.
>
> I have the .jigdo and .template files. I put them in a folder ~/Debian.
> I have installed jigdo-file. Here is as far as I can get:
>
> jjj at Devil7:~$ cd Debian/
> jjj at Devil7:~/Debian$ jigdo-lite
>
> Jigsaw Download "lite"
> Copyright (C) 2001-2005  |  jigdo@
> Richard Atterer          |  atterer.net
> Getting mirror information from /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> To resume a half-finished download, enter name of .jigdo file.
> To start a new download, enter URL of .jigdo file.
> You can also enter several URLs/filenames, separated with spaces,
> or enumerate in {}, e.g. `http://server/cd-{1_NONUS,2,3}.jigdo<http://server/cd-%7B1_NONUS,2,3%7D.jigdo>
> '
> jigdo: debian-testing-amd64-netinst.jigdo
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Images offered by `debian-testing-amd64-netinst.jigdo':
>  1: 'Debian GNU/Linux testing "Squeeze" - Official Snapshot amd64
> NETINST Binary-1 20091109-21:36
> (20091109)' (debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso)
>
> Further information about `debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso':
> Generated on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:37:49 +0100
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> If you already have a previous version of the CD you are
> downloading, jigdo can re-use files on the old CD that are also
> present in the new image, and you do not need to download them
> again. Mount the old CD ROM and enter the path it is mounted under
> (e.g. `/mnt/cdrom').
> Alternatively, just press enter if you want to start downloading
> the remaining files. <Here I just pressed Enter>
> Files to scan:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> The jigdo file refers to files stored on Ubuntu mirrors. Please
> choose an Ubuntu mirror as follows: Either enter a complete URL
> pointing to a mirror (in the form
> `http://archive.ubuntu.com/archive/'<http://archive.ubuntu.com/archive/%27>),
> or enter any regular expression
> for searching through the list of mirrors: Try a two-letter
> country code such as `de', or a country name like `United
> States', or a server name like `sunsite'.
> Ubuntu mirror [http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu]: us <Here I typed
> "us">
> http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/        # US United States
> http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/ubuntu/       # US United States
> http://mirror.cs.umn.edu/ubuntu/         # US United States
>
> An up-to-date copy of the above list is available at
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+archivemirrors
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> The jigdo file refers to files stored on Ubuntu mirrors. Please
> choose an Ubuntu mirror as follows: Either enter a complete URL
> pointing to a mirror (in the form
> `http://archive.ubuntu.com/archive/'<http://archive.ubuntu.com/archive/%27>),
> or enter any regular expression
> for searching through the list of mirrors: Try a two-letter
> country code such as `de', or a country name like `United
> States', or a server name like `sunsite'.
> Ubuntu mirror [http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu]:
>
>
> At this point I am stuck. Why would a Debian ISO be on Ubuntu mirrors?
> I guess I need the full URL to the jigdo version of the netinst ISO,
> but I don't know where that is.
>
> Also, I assume the authors of jigdo are not residents of the US, since
> they apparently are not aware of how non-PC the name sounds. But that
> is a different matter.
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I can't find a jigdo file for the net install image and I'm guessing it
might not exist since the image is so small comparatively speaking.



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