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Re: [Fwd: woody for alpha?]



On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 00:37, Stephen Gran wrote:
> This one time, at band camp, mcompengr@earthlink.net said:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On 30 Nov. 2002 I decided to go for Debian and I still am unable
> > to obtain it.  Has it been "ported" to the Alpha architecture?
> > I paid the asking price offered by two of the listed "vendors"
> > and have yet to receive a response to my numerous emails and my
> > PayPal payment for the same.  Bottom line:  I care nothing about
> > anything other than somehow obtaining the Debian unix on CD's.
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > Martin
> 
> Hello Martin,
> Cross posting is generally discouraged, especially with something like
> this - try doing some online research, then asking the user list, and
> going from there.
> 
> However, try:
> http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/ for a place to buy the CD, or
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/cd for a place to download a cd image
> 
> Yes it is ported to alpha, and 10 other architectures as well.  Check:
> http://www.debian.org/ports/alpha/

Since some of the mirrors are down, or still don't have Woody mirrored,
try this: http://debian.oregonstate.edu/debian-cdimage/3.0_r1/alpha/
(This, of course, presumes you have a CD-RW drive.)
If you have high-speed internet, you'll only *really* need disk 1.
Otherwise, get disks 1, 2 & 3.

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