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Re: Two questions

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Alan McConnell composed on 2016-04-12 20:16 (UTC-0400):

> 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.  ! ? ! ?

One way to do most of what you wish to do is possible directly via mc 
(midnight commander), a mature text-based OFM utility with FTP (and a lot 
more) built into it. I'm looking at both those isos and their md5sums in mc 
right now, on:

	mirrors.kernel.org/debian-cd/8.4.0/amd64/iso-dvd/

All it takes to fetch (aka download or copy) either iso and/or MD5SUMS and/or 
SHA*SUMS is highlight them, and hit F5, in some ways like a GUI file manager. 
Mc runs in any type of terminal, so it's handy for fixing things whether or 
not a GUI is available. Once you have the required files, the man pages for 
md5sum and sha*sum explain the simple process for checking the isos.

Mc also allows viewing (and more) of archives, so to "enter" (same as 
entering a directory) that jigdo-bin bz2 file would require no more than 
selecting, then hitting <ENTER>. Once entered, you can F5 (copy) contents 
out, same as when fetching files via FTP.
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  Re: Two questions Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-04-13 03:10 +0200
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