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Re: Where to get a Sarge ISO



In article <[🔎] 200810091523.13863.shawn@willden.org> you write:
>With Lenny inches from release and Etch time-tested and stable, it's an odd 
>thing to want, but I need to install Sarge.
>
>I just took over management of a production server running Sarge, and I need 
>to upgrade it to Etch, at least, in order to get it back on a supported 
>platform.  Unfortunately, I have no idea if the upgrade will break the 
>application it's running, so I want to install Sarge in a VM, copy the 
>application files over, verify the app works correctly and then upgrade to 
>Etch so I can not only test the app on Etch, but also the upgrade process as 
>well (I'm sure the upgrade works in general, I'm wondering if it'll break 
>this app).
>
>Unfortunately, the only Sarge ISO I have is an old netinst ISO, and it no 
>longer appears to work.  It seems to be trying to download a kernel and is 
>unable to find one on the repository servers.
>
>A full ISO would work fine, I'm sure, but I don't have one and I can't find 
>one (or even MD5 sums) on any of the official mirrors.  I can find a couple 
>around the net but they're from random sites and I don't like installing 
>stuff from sites I have no reason to trust.  Ideally, I'd like to find an 
>official place to download an ISO.  Failing that, I'd like to find an 
>official list of Sarge MD5 sums, so I can check the random stuff I'm 
>downloading.  Another alternative would be to find some way to make my 
>netinst ISO work.

Try

  http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/

We have jigdo files for all of the sarge releases still available, and
full ISO images for the last sarge (3.1_r8).

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
"Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten." -- Malcolm Ray


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