Downloading 13.1?
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From: Grant on 7 Jul 2010 04:33 On 07 Jul 2010 03:12:07 GMT, Dan C <youmustbejoking(a)lan.invalid> wrote: >On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:13:42 +0000, geep wrote: > >> On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:15:00 +0000, Archer wrote: >> >>> I've been trying for a week or more to get Slackware 13.1 via ftp, http >>> and bittorrent without success. The Slackware torrents page seems okay >>> except that torrents don't start up, and the mirrors for my locality >>> (Australia) are either non-respomsive or can't be found. I'm not having >>> any of these problems except with Slack. >>> >>> Does anyone know what's happening with GetSlack? >>> >>> Has anyone downloaded 13.1? >>> >>> Archer >> >> Hi Archer, >> >> I gave up downloading the .iso ages ago. I always download the >> individual files using rsync. Then build my own .iso image. > >Why? Why go to that much trouble? What advantage does making your >own .iso provide? If you're keeping up to date with -current, you can make a .iso as soon as new version is announced :) Of course if it was a choice of downloading individual files or an iso, then yes, iso makes more sense. Here I usually make bootable CD and do NFS install, I only burn a DVD for off-site installs, and leave that DVD with the machine. Grant.
From: geep on 7 Jul 2010 04:48 On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:12:07 +0000, Dan C wrote: > > Why? Why go to that much trouble? What advantage does making your own > .iso provide? I found bit torrent slow. Using rsync to download an .iso I sometimes got md5sum check failure. There isn't an .iso available for slack current. I keep slack current up to date so for each new release the additional download is minimal. If I burn a new .iso today it's trivial to include all the patches. Cheers, Peter
From: Archer on 7 Jul 2010 06:21 On 2010-07-05, kn00bie <kn00bie(a)invalid.com> wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:15:00 +0000, Archer wrote: > > > > I've been trying for a week or more to get Slackware 13.1 via ftp, http > > and bittorrent without success. The Slackware torrents page seems okay > > except that torrents don't start up, and the mirrors for my locality > > (Australia) are either non-respomsive or can't be found. I'm not having > > any of these problems except with Slack. > > > > Does anyone know what's happening with GetSlack? > > > > Has anyone downloaded 13.1? > > alt.binaries.cd.image.linux Phew! Easynews served up over 144,000 messages. And some of them were about slack. Now permanently subscribed. Thanks. Archer
From: Archer on 7 Jul 2010 06:39 On 2010-07-05, <joe(a)pear.hopto.org> <joe(a)pear.hopto.org> wrote: > Archer <champ(a)the.bit> wrote: ----snip---- > > Has anyone downloaded 13.1? > > Hi, Archer! > > Yes, I've recently (Friday) downloaded Slackware 13.1. Here's what I did: > > vvv > > 1. I fired up my favorite browser (seamonkey) and went to the Slackware > site (http://slackware.com). > > 2. I clicked on "Get Slack". > > 3. I clicked on "torrents page". Now seamonkey shows that I'm at this url: > > http://slackware.com/getslack/torrents.php > > 4. I scrolled down the page and found the first disk ("Slackware 13.1 x86 > Install ISO disc 1") and clicked on it. > > 5. Seamonkey responded with, "What should Seamonkey do with this file?" > It gives two choices, "Open with" and "Save File". I chose "Open with" > by clicking on the corresponding radio button. And so on... Thanks, Joe. I did as you did, except for using a different p2p client. Normally, I'd think that the client was the problem, but it's giving no trouble with othr sites. I've gone for and ftp download. Archer
From: Archer on 7 Jul 2010 06:41
On 2010-07-06, Richard Herbert <rherbert(a)sympatico.ca> wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:15:00 +0000, Archer wrote: > > > Has anyone downloaded 13.1? > > I downloaded the Slackware 13.1 DVD ISO from: > > ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/slackware-13.1-iso/ > > Very fast downloads and max 1000 users. Thanks, Richard. Download in progress. Archer. |