Re: Two questions

From	Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Two questions
Date	2016-04-13 03:20 +0200
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On Tuesday 12 April 2016 20:16:05 Alan McConnell wrote:

> First, about my .iso downloads.  I have  debian-8.4.0-i386-DVD-2.iso,
> containing 4560861184 bytes, and debian-8.4.0-i386-DVD-3.iso,
> containing 4649361408 bytes. Are the byte counts correct?  [ Yes, I
> know I should use checksums or something like that, but I don't know
> anything about that<sigh>  ]
>
> Second,  I'd like to revive my ftp skills.  I could access
> ftp.debian.org, and move around in it, and download some files.  But
> I'd like to use ftp to download the two .isos given above, and I
> couldn't find them.  Can someone give me the path to these two .isos? 
> I'll try using ftp to get them(again)
>
> Finally, jigdo.   Ugh.  I grabbed a file jigdo-bin-0.7.3.tar.bz2 and
> tried to unpack it.  tar worked for an hour, couldn't do it.  ! ? ! ?
>
> TIA,
>
> Alan

Only jigdo-lite actually works, but it works well.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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Two questions Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-04-13 02:20 +0200
  Re: Two questions Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-04-13 03:10 +0200
  Re: Two questions Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-04-13 03:20 +0200
  Re: Two questions Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-04-13 11:50 +0200

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