Hi, I've posted about this before, but Metalinks are available for Debian 4.0 ISOs now thanks to Manuel @ ftp.iasi.roedu.net. Metalinks contain checksums, mirror lists, and other metadata in an XML format. They're used by around 13 download programs such as download managers.
http://download.packages.ro/metalink/debian/ http://download.packages.ro/metalink/debian/collections/ (Collection metalinks contain all the ISOs for an architecture). The best metalink client is aria2 (apt-get install aria2, http://aria2.sourceforge.net/ ) because it uses the chunk checksums to repair files. Nightly builds (use at own risk) of DownThemAll!, a Firefox extension, are convenient but only check full file checksums and can't repair downloads. In this screenshot, the icon/logo, description, publisher, license, OS/arch, & other info are taken from the metalink. http://code.downthemall.net/maierman/metaselect4.png http://bugs.code.downthemall.net/trac/wiki/NightlyBuilds -- (( Anthony Bryan ... Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ] )) Easier, More Reliable, Self Healing Downloads -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
