Re: Which jigdo file do I need?
--- Nick Golder <purenrg@hiveportal.net> wrote:
> On 03-04-09 18:56 +0100, the infamous Templezoo uttered:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to download a woody image with Jigdo. I followed
> the US Mirror site to find the .jigdo file I needed to type
> into the Jigdo application.
> > http://us.cdimage.debian.org/jigdo-area/3.0_r1/jigdo/i386/
> >
> > There are a lot of jigdo files to choose from... Is
> woody-i386-7.jigdo more recent than woody-i386-1.jigdo? or
> do I need to download all of them?
> >
> > I think I've read all the instructions, but I can't find
> anything that answers this question...
> >
> > Thanks
> > -Brent
>
> You need to download all the .jigdo files. The incremental
> numbers that
> you mention are the successive numbering scheme for creating
> the whole
> ISO. You are essentially downloading slices that will create
> a whole.
I'm sorry, but you don't need to download ALL the .jigdo files.
A .jigdo file plus a .template file is needed by jigdo to
download ONE iso. In this case, you'll need to only download
woody-i386-1.jigdo
woody-i386-1.template
To do the first CD.
For more help, go here:
http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/
and here:
http://www.dirac.org/linux/debian/jigdo/debian-jigdo-mini-howto.html
The HOWTO is very good, IMHO...
=====
Tony.
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