On 3/29/07, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
RPN01 wrote:
> I was thinking of trying the Slackware 390 distribution, mainly for the
> experience and to assist in any testing. I went to the site and to the
> download page, and the page states that there are no iso images ³since it
> would be more hassle to you than it's worth². However, the download site has
> the distribution as ³loose files and directories², so to download it with
> ftp, I have to do each directory individually. An ³mget *² fails on the
> first directory found, with ³No such file or directory².
>
> An iso package of the directory tree would be useful, not because I want to
> burn it to a CD, but because it would give me a single file to download.
> Even a tar or tgz file of the tree would be better than having to download
> the entire tree as individual files.
>
> Since no such package seems to be available, is there some other tool for
> downloading the ³big mess of files² beyond the Linux ftp program that I
> should be using to be able to fetch this tree?
>
>
wget
I suggest you start with Slackware on Intel, it will be pretty similar
and there will be more slackers able to help:-)
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Cheers
John
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Hello!
Thank you John! That was my thought also. It happens that both Mark
and I use that distribution. It can be a decidedly resourceful
experience collecting everything, and applying the necessary tweaks to
bring everything online.
I confess I have even considered using Hercules on Slackware Intel to
study Slackware/390, however I am not completely sure how to implement
that whole process.
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messages in English in the Moscow subway."
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