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Re: Linux newbie - need help with downloading



Hello,

On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 09:09:42AM -0600, Joydeep Basak wrote:
> I just sucessfully used jigdo. However, the .iso file is a Win Rar file. Do 
> I just burn this rar file directly or do I need to do something else to 
> make it a .iso? Thanks

The .iso file is not a Rar file, it's - um - an .iso file! ;-) The filetype
is probably just associated with a software on your computer which can read
archives like .zip, because .iso files (like .zips) are archive-like files
which contain other files.

Please have a look at <http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#record-windows> You 
should definitely use a method similar to the ones described there to write 
the CD - "extracting" the files inside the .iso with your Rar-reading 
software will leave you with a freshly burned CD which doesn't work...

Cheers,

  Richard

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