getting the F10 respin with "jigdo" -- the short version
Suvayu Ali
fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com
Tue Mar 10 11:49:40 UTC 2009
Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Suvayu Ali wrote:
>> I tried using jigido to download Debian Lenny a few weeks back. It
>> gave me an error saying something about not being able to download
>> anything other than iso as its still not implemented (I am quoting
>> from memory here, so might be off on the wordings). Then I tried
>> jigido-lite from cmd line and it worked just fine. best downloading
>> experience ever if you ask me. ^_^
>
> the only annoyance is when jigdo latches onto a reeeeeeallllly slow
> server, like the u of calgary at the moment for me, which had decided
> it's going to download rpms at about 4K/s. argh. time for a second
> coffee.
>
> rday
AFAIR jigido-lite asked for my source. As an odd coincidence the Debian
mirrors in Canada are slow too. So I had to choose another mirror. But
after that, it was silk smooth even on my intermittent wifi. :)
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Suvayu
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