Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Rony <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Those who want to download the DVD iso and find the dvd servers slow, >> can use the jigdo download method. It downloads all packages >> individually and assembles everything into an ISO inside your pc. >> http://debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/ >> > > Thanks for pointing this out. I actually recommend that people use > jigdo irrespective of whether they have a fast or slow mirror. > > You might also want to try ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in/debian with jigdo, > especially if you are in Chennai (it has been fast for me in Chennai). > As I write this, archive update is in progress though. (A file called > Archive-Update-in-Progress-rocky-mountain.csail.mit.edu.lock is > present there at this time). > > > I was under the impression that the Indian servers of Debian were slow or non-existent but this is good news. I read your nice article on Kartik's site.
I had already done one half of the download from the Taiwan server so I continued the same and finally downloaded Lenny DVD1, Lenny live KDE CD and a new version of Finnix (92.1). Lenny live cd is a lovely no nonsense CD that does what it is meant to do. It comes loaded with OpenOffice 2.4. Finnix http://www.finnix.org/ is a live Debian based CD that brings up a root command prompt for all diagonistic purposes and system maintainence. I was extensively using the older version. It is a tiny atom bomb. The new version has lovely boot options including Smart Boot Loader to choose boot devices. The elinks browser is fun to use too. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
