[PLUG] Problems getting Debian 2.2

[Brian Poole]

On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Doug Porter wrote:

> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 20:44:53 -0500
> From: Doug Porter <dsp@purdue.edu>
> To: plug@csociety.ecn.purdue.edu
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Problems getting Debian 2.2
> 
> ISOs can be found at this mirror:
> 
> ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/pub/linux/debian-cd/
> 
> It is pretty fast, usually around 400 KB/s from my resnet.

We also have the regular files on campus (all of them, not just one
release, not just one arch) if you just want to download the base packages
@ ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/os/debian/. I haven't bothered mirroring the
ISO images, although they might be added, depending on how much desire 
there is for them & how much room they take up.

ISOs are convenient but I end up just downloading the packages I actually
use half the time. shrug.


-b

> 
> - Doug Porter <dsp@purdue.edu>
> 
> Mahadev Appan wrote:
> > 
> > Hello people,
> > 
> > I was wondering if any of you have light to shed on this matter.
> > 
> > I tried to obtain an ISO image of Debian 2.2 recently. It turns out they
> > are using some means of pseudo-image-generation which is meant to reduce
> > the load on the mirror servers around the world. What it has meant for me
> > is that I can't obtain the image! Even after following their instructions
> > to the letter, the downloading program just does says "Getting:" and stays
> > that way, even if you leave it overnight (using a cable connection!).
> > Also, the filesizes in the download directory do not change overnight. The
> > same situation occurs both under Win32 and Linux.
> > 
> > By the way, if I can't really can't download the silly thing, I don't mind
> > buying the CD-ROM from someplace. The Csociety office only has Debian 2.1
> > and Best Buy of course only carries the bigger commercial distros. And
> > frankly, I don't know of any other places here.
> > 
> > <sigh> Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > From,
> > Dev