I'll try to get across my somewhat frustrating experience and then give up. > It's something you want; not a problem. It's something *Debian* wants, not me. > Download, unpack, read the readme.; installation done! I don't need to do that with Wget. > Readme file sez "click on runme"; not difficult. I never met anything labelled "runme". I don't need to do that with Wget. > I'm using jigdo-easy; shell script asks for a mirror or a search term. I > use "United States", you might use "Canada". Not difficult. I do need to do that with Wget. What's Jigdo-Easy? > Jigdo-easy keeps asking for hands.com; I didn't feel any need to work > around it. > Keeps going to us.cdimage.debian.org, too. No problem here. I don't need to do that with Wget. > This was enough to get the .jigdo and .template files. I don't need to do that with Wget. > I thought the running totals were adequate. Would've been if I had known they were totalling the right things. I don't need to do that with Wget. > >- I had to realise that when it was building the ISO file Jigdo was not > > really thinking it was finished > I don't understand; must be a perceptual problem. Jigdo (er, jigdo-lite anyways) stops after downloading ten packages, and them makes an ISO image. It seemed to me that jigdo-lite was malfunctioning. That would not have happened with Wget. > I found it easiest to Google for the missing file and download it to the > working directory. Next time I restart Jigdo this file is picked up. That sounds incredibly tedious. And, I don't need to do that with Wget. > If one download site doesn't work wouldn't you try another? After a few > duds, wouldn't you ask around for a known good download site. Doesn't sound > difficult. I tried three sites, they all worked, they just didn't have all the packages. Another problem that wouldn't happen with Wget. > >- I had to tell it to switch mirrors > ...but it's not difficult.... It's more difficult than not switching mirrors. > >- I had to figure out what to do *then* when it couldn't download some > > files > ...I've described what I do. It's easy. I wouldn't have to do that with Wget either. > >- I had to find an Rsync mirror > I like rsync - but I think Jigdo is easier. The rsync syntax is difficult. > Use jigdo instead. I wouldn't have had to do that with Wget either. > The instructions in the "Pseudo-Image-Kit" are terse but adequate - this is > the "Cygwin" rsync I favor. I still wouldn't have had to do that with Wget. > This *is* tough - use jigdo instead. Please excuse me while I yell. JIGDO DIDN'T WORK. I find Rsync to be easy and intuitive. > Point and click. Not difficult. (This step is in jigdo, by the way.) It's difficult when the computer you're running Jigdo on is not in your house. And I would have been happy enough with the integrity of the file if Wget had proceeded uninterrupted that I would not have needed to bother the MD5 sum. > You do need the -b switch ... but it's not difficult. I don't use Windows. > ...but five wget files are not difficult ... are they? I was counting the trouble of finding a working mirror and the appropriate directory and file, and yes, that would be difficult. -- TomG My contact and cryptography information: http://web.em.ca/~tomg/contact.html
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