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Re: [index page] Download Debian 6.0(32/64-bit PC Network installer) always tries to give me x86 version



On Jo, 15 dec 11, 14:57:23, Douglas Mencken wrote:
> Problem: I came to http://www.debian.org/, I do see netinst link on
> banner. But, when I'm clicking on it, it gives me x86 (any bitness,
> maybe x86_256, amd_16384 or so) stuff!

Use the "Getting Debian" link instead and look for your architecture. 
The netinst link on the main page points to the 32bit+64bit x86 netinst 
and is there just as a convenience, since this will work for most users.

> Inside user-agent sent by all web clients, there is OS string. For
> example, for mine ``Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux ppc64; rv:8.0)
> Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0 Iceweasel/8.0" it is ``Linux ppc64''. Can
> your web engine please parse the user-agent and give the correct
> netinst for non-x86 architectures?

IMO the OS I use to browse says nothing about the image I need ;)

Kind regards,
Andrei
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