----- Original Message ----- From: Josenildo Marques <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 12:34 pm Subject: Re: [newbie] iso size | I was unsubbed :-)
> On Tuesday 18 November 2003 14:55, Charlie M. wrote: > > Welcome back. > > > > The sizes are definitely wrong but there could be a miriad of > reasons. How > > did you download them? What mirror? > > > > The easiest way to get the ISO images for the distribution is by > either> using an ftp app or using a mirror app or using rsync. > > > > This is the contents of the 9.2 iso directory I mirrored from > uninett.no:> > > Mandrake/iso]$ ls -l > > total 2094148 > > -rw-rw-r-- 1 nanook nanook 424 Nov 13 09:24 > > 9.2-download.md5sums.asc > > -rw-rw-r-- 1 nanook nanook 683642880 Nov 7 11:43 > > Mandrake92-cd1-inst.i586.iso > > -rw-rw-r-- 1 nanook nanook 731797504 Nov 7 13:51 > > Mandrake92-cd2-ext.i586.iso > > -rw-rw-r-- 1 nanook nanook 728948736 Nov 7 15:20 > > Mandrake92-cd3-i18n.i586.iso > > -rw-rw-r-- 1 nanook nanook 2867 Aug 19 02:56 README > > -rw-rw-r-- 1 nanook nanook 173 Nov 13 09:16 README.LG > > > > The total size of the disks is shown at the top. As shown above; > disk 1 is > > 652 MB, disk 2 is 697.9 MB and disk 3 is 695.2 MB. > > > > You may want to try downloading them again? > > > > Regards; > > Charlie > > Probably it's all my fault. Thanks, Charlie. > > I downloaded them from the following mirror with wget > > wget > ftp://mirror.fis.unb.br/pub/linux/Mandrake/iso/Mandrake92-cd1- > inst.i586.iso > > > The thing is I didn't download the .asc file and the third iso. > What is the > .asc file for ? > I'm almost sure the whole file was downloaded accordingly. > Maybe that's the problem. It is my first time trying to download > iso's... > Thank you very much. > -- > JM This is going to be an ugly message. I'm using my ISPs webmail interface 'cause I'm demoing Texstar's livecd at the moment, so bear with me, please? The asc file is a the armoured md5sums for the disks. The third disk is the internationalisations and a few other things that you may not find important. I always burn all three for anyone that i help with installing the distribution, or loan them my Power Pack set depending on who it is. My kids never get the power pack since they never return anything, plus they have their own copies. <g> Downloading can be tricky at times but most of the time any trouble is because there is just too much demand on the servers. wget is better than some methods but i always use rsync out of personal preference. I posted an example of the command I used to mirror the iso directory yesterday (or was it Sunday?) so it should be in the archives. The server you used for the original attempt seems not to support rsync, or you need a username and password for access, or there are too many people logged in, any of which will stop the ftp transaction, but I've always found it easier to use that method than any other. I'll be back on the list after I finish this demo but in the meantime I'm sure someone will help you if you're still stuck. Regards; Charlie
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