On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 08:51:48AM +0100, Ivan Imperl wrote: > I am on a slow dial-up connection to the Internet, and I use (at home) > Debian unstable. Last year I used jigdo to download 3 DVD-s from my > friend with cable Internet. Now it seems that .jigdo files for Debian > sid are outdated. > > Is there a way to download all packages needed for latest Debian sid > (again on a relatively slow 256K connection)? How do I create .jigdo > files? > > In short how do I download all packages needed for Debian unstable / > sid, and burn it on DVD-s? well, as an alternative to the option of the previous poster (run a netinstall), you could also use jigdo to download the images for the testing distribution, which should not be much difference to unstable...
though, it is probably faster to run a netinstall (unless you plan to install multiple installs, in which case you could also use some sort of proxy (either a specialiced one for apt, or an aproprialtly configured http/ftp proxy). downloading all packages will most of the time be and overkill, since you will only need a fraktion of them. however, you can download the jigdo files for testing from here: http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#which (you will also find a description on how to do it there) yours albert -- Albert Dengg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
