----- Original Message ----- From: "Dirk De Win" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 10:42 AM Subject: Re: Problems accessing the us-cdimage site
> I'm new to the linux world as well. I did some experiments with SUSE in the > past. > My son told me to look at Debian. So I did. > I first tried to use jigdo, but did not succeed. > I then downloaded the ISO images from a Belgian site: ftp.belnet.be. > I use broadband (Pandora.be, at that moment:1,3 MB/sec, sometimes less). I > burned the 9 CD's of the Woody r2. > At first I did not understand what NONUS might be, but when I figured that > out, I put the Non US CD in my drive and from that moment all went by > itself. > I have got a complete HD for Linux and Woody helped me to partition that HD > and has even put LILLO-boot on my first drive. > I feel now a little bit like in the beginning period of DOS. I'm trying to > find my way in the commands because they differ. > I know that the X-server might bring me some troubles (I got some with > SUSE). > So I try first to know sufficient commands before I try to install the > X-server again. > If at first you don't succeed, try and try again. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 11:40 PM > Subject: Problems accessing the us-cdimage site > > > Hello, I am new to the linux world. I am trying to pull down the latest > version of debain with a bunch of problems. I first tried to download the > entire ISO image. I was able to burn a cd, but when I tried to install it I > received the message "Invalid or corrupt kernal" message. So I then > attempted to use jigdo to get an image. I successfully downloaded > jigdo-lite. I used the .jigdo file at: > > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/jigdo/3.0_r2/i386/woody-i386-1.jigdo > > when prompted by jigdo-lite. When asked for the Debian Mirror site I first > used: > > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ > > Jigdo-lite kept retrying saying there was a "bad file discriptor". After a > while, the above message stops repeating and jigdo-lite reports that > "woody-i386-1.template does not exist". Now I guess I dont really > understand this since I saw the .template file along with the .jigdo file > in the i386 direcory. I also tried the below ftp site. > > ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ > > I am out of ideas as to what I can do to download debian. Any suggestions > would be welcomed. Thanks for your time. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
