Re: Download Debian via bittorrent

[Mattias Wadenstein <maswan@acc.umu.se>]

On Mon, 19 Jul 2010, Nicholas Syrotiuk wrote:

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

The weekly torrents are not available through bittorrent download mostly 
due to the fact that it used to take a couple of days to get them onto the 
seeder and by then they were halfway to replacement anyway.

/Mattias Wadenstein

> 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/