Re: jigdo question
Hi Peter,
Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
> i'm using jigdo to download woody for the first time.
>
I had this same experience a few days ago. I eventually succeeded.
> there's a directory ./tmp which is holding files which get flushed every
> so often. right now it holds:
>
> p@satan% ls tmp
> ccmalloc_0.3.8-1_i386.deb psutils_1.17-15_i386.deb
> libmailtools-perl_1.42-2_all.deb svgalibg1_1.4.3-7_i386.deb
>
> wating a bit, now it holds:
>
> p@satan% ls tmp/
> ch-boot-floppy-techinfo.ca.html x-ttcidfont-conf_11_all.deb
>
> so the files are getting flushed somewhere. presumably, jigdo is making
> a cd image somewhere.
You're right that's exactly what's happening.
> there's a file called woody-i386-1.raw.tmp in
> the same directory as tmp, but it's size hasn't changed in awhile, so
> i'm not sure this is it.
Don't rely on this file size's change. It doesn't have any relation with
download progress, neither with completeness-to-the-moment of the image itself.
The image will be complete when jigdo tells you that.
>
> does anyone know what the default location is for jigdo-lite to place
> the woody cd images?
>
The location is the one you pointed out, but the name of the image is then
stripped the ".tmp" suffix, yielding "woody-i386-1.raw"
I don't understand why the Debian community seems to ignore all jigdo-related
questions. Jigdo is being advertised in the website, but when one asks about a
doubt on the mailing-lists, or in the #debian irc channel, these questions don't
receive any attention at all.
I wonder what's happening here. Is it that people don't rely on Jigdo yet to
download, ignoring the website's note on the convenience of using Jigdo over
full CD image downloading? Is it that there isn't enough Jigdo knowledge yet? Is
it just my own biased perception?
Not trying to be rude, just to sort of shake the issue in order to obtain some
feedback!
Best regards,
Haroldo.
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