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:
j...@devil7:~$ cd Debian/
j...@devil7:~/Debian$ jigdo-lite
Jigsaw Download "lite"
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 | jigdo@
Richard Atterer | atterer.net
Getting mirror information from /etc/apt/sources.list
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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'
jigdo: debian-testing-amd64-netinst.jigdo
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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
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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:
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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/'), 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
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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/'), 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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