Re: jigdo-lite for windows

["Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>]

Hi,

i can only test on Debian GNU/Linux, not on MS-Windows.
I ran

  $ jigdo-lite

and was asked for the URL

  To start a new download, enter URL of .jigdo file.
  ...
  jigdo:

I gave the one of CD 1 to keep the test small:

  http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.3.0/amd64/jigdo-cd/debian-8.3.0-amd64-CD-1.jigdo

You will probably begin by

  http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.3.0/amd64/jigdo-dvd/debian-8.3.0-amd64-DVD-1.jigdo

It then showed lots of messages and asked

  Alternatively, just press enter if you want to start downloading
  the remaining files.
  Files to scan:

So i just pressed enter.
It asked me for a Debian mirror

  Debian mirror [http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/]: 

I just pressed enter again.
Now i got internet traffic. jigdo-lite fetched the Debian packages which
fit into the holes of the .template file.
(At this point i have to re-iterate that netinst .iso CDs would
 fetch only what is needed when it is needed. So if internet is
 available at installation time in good quality ...)

After a few minutes the CD image was complete

  OK: Checksums match, image is good!   

I am mistrusting and determine the MD5 checksum of the result file

  $ md5sum debian-8.3.0-amd64-CD-1.iso
  a3e289b886c43150431b05b091c51ad8  debian-8.3.0-amd64-CD-1.iso

This matches the first line in
  http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.3.0/amd64/jigdo-cd/MD5SUMS


To get the complete collection of all Debian packages you will have
to do this with each of the 13 DVD .jigdo files in
   http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.3.0/amd64/jigdo-dvd/
(The two debian-update DVDs are not needed, afaik.)
With Blu-ray, it would be only 3 media images.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas