On 06/07/11 at 09:27am, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > First thing - I think that it would be a good idea for each version > to have its own mailing list, with message prepending (in a form > such as the one above), so that users can easily identify messages > that apply to each user's particular appropriate version(s). This is a user list, and I think it is best to have as many users as possible for broad support (: Where would you go for 5-6 migration efforts, the 5 list or the 6 list? You would cc: both, no doubt. > So, I have now downloaded copies of the 32 bit and 64 bit CD iso > images (for the first disk of each, only). Why are you downloading both? Choose whichever is appropriate for you, and download that. I would posit that it's probably 32bit unless you have a specific need for the 64bit distribution (even if your CPU supports 64 bit). > But, the concept here, is that, from my reasoning (and I stand to be > corrected in this, if I am wrong), a 32 bit operating system (or, > the Debian 5 32 bit "ix86" operating system, which is what I was > using to download the iso images), appears to have a maximum file > size of 4.0GB. The file size limit is set by your filesystem. Which OS you're downloading has no bearing on it, but it does sound like you're hitting a limit. What OS are you currently *using*? I wasn't able to determine from your email. FAT32 has 4GB limits. Ext3 does not, regardless of architecture. I have a 32bit kernel and ext3 and I have many files >5GB > But, if I am correct, perhaps, a warning to that effect, could be > put on the web page at http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/, to avoid > wastage of bandwidth (I have probably, now, downloaded about > 20-30GB, to end up with two CD images, and, unusable partial DVD iso > images). A warning about filesizes could probably be put there, but I am not the one to do it. Send that request to the debian-www list. Now as for your issue. As stated on the first 'Getting Debian' page: "If you simply want to install Debian and have an Internet connection on the target computer please consider the Network Install media which is a smaller download." Or download the CD image, instead of the DVD image. It sounds like whatever you've got doesn't support >4GB files. -- Liam
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