Re: Download Debian via bittorrent

[Nicholas Syrotiuk <syrotiuk@manchester.ac.uk>]

I found the torrent here:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_alpha1/i386/bt-cd/debian-testing-i386-CD-1.iso.torrent


Don Wright wrote:
> Nicholas Syrotiuk wrote:
>
> > I am unable to download Debian ISO images but I do not understand the 
> > problem:
>
> There are hundreds of images published by Debian. Please provide the
> exact URL you used for the .torrent link and that of the Web page where
> it was found.
>
>
> > My (Transmission) client says: Requested download is not authorised for 
> > use with this tracker.
> >
> > Could this have something to do with open/closed ports?
>
> No, it means just what it says. Due to limited resources, only the most
> commonly needed images are available for Bittorrent download. Others may
> be assembled using [1]Jigdo. This mostly applies to interim development
> images which are expected to change several times before release.
>
> [1] http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/

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